#E2C04A#E2C04A

#E2C04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.139 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C04A
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 67.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -0.58, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 61.67, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0068 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.139 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4523, 54.3653, 14.2607)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C04A #4A6CE2

analogous

#E2744A #E2C04A #B8E24A

triadic

#E2C04A #4AE2C0 #C04AE2

tetradic

#E2C04A #4AE274 #4A6CE2 #E24AB8

square

#E2C04A #4AE274 #4A6CE2 #E24AB8

split-complementary

#E2C04A #4AB8E2 #744AE2

monochromatic

#997C19 #CEA721 #E2C04A #EAD27F #F3E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#E2C04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C04A

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C04A	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)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.139 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd282',
    500: '#e2c04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c04a;
$custom-light: #efd282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81605,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C04A

secondary

#334B9D

accent

#62EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C04A

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

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