#E2C044#E2C044

#E2C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.143 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C044
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -0.90, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 64.06, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0084 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.143 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2597, 54.2883, 13.2465)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C044 #4466E2

analogous

#E27144 #E2C044 #B5E244

triadic

#E2C044 #44E2C0 #C044E2

tetradic

#E2C044 #44E271 #4466E2 #E244B5

square

#E2C044 #44E271 #4466E2 #E244B5

split-complementary

#E2C044 #44B5E2 #7144E2

monochromatic

#957A17 #CAA51F #E2C044 #EAD279 #F2E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#E2C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C044

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C044	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.143 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd27f',
    500: '#e2c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c044;
$custom-light: #efd27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81555,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C044

secondary

#314899

accent

#60F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C044

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

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