#E2C048#E2C048

#E2C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.140 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C048
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -0.69, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 62.48, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0074 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.14 93)
XYZ	xyz(51.3860, 54.3388, 13.9115)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C048 #486AE2

analogous

#E27348 #E2C048 #B7E248

triadic

#E2C048 #48E2C0 #C048E2

tetradic

#E2C048 #48E273 #486AE2 #E248B7

square

#E2C048 #48E273 #486AE2 #E248B7

split-complementary

#E2C048 #48B7E2 #7348E2

monochromatic

#987B18 #CCA620 #E2C048 #EAD27D #F3E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#E2C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C048

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C048	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.140 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd281',
    500: '#e2c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c048;
$custom-light: #efd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81588,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.54336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C048

secondary

#334A9C

accent

#61EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C048

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

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