#E2C009#E2C009

#E2C009 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.166 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C009
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 9)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 96%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 96%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -2.55, 78.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 78.98, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0174 0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.166 96)
XYZ	xyz(50.2660, 53.8908, 8.0128)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C009 #092BE2

analogous

#E25309 #E2C009 #97E209

triadic

#E2C009 #09E2C0 #C009E2

tetradic

#E2C009 #09E253 #092BE2 #E20997

square

#E2C009 #09E253 #092BE2 #E20997

split-complementary

#E2C009 #0997E2 #5309E2

monochromatic

#6C5C04 #A78E07 #E2C009 #F7D831 #F9E36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E2C009 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#E2C009 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C009

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C009	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C009	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c009;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.166 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d269',
    500: '#e2c009',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c009;
$custom-light: #f1d269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c009",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.599,
    "s": 92.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81298,
    "c": 0.16606,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.53888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C009

secondary

#192876

accent

#4AFF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF0

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181407

muted

#86837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C009

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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