#E2C04B#E2C04B

#E2C04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.138 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C04B
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -0.53, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 61.26, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0066 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.138 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4863, 54.3789, 14.4395)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C04B #4B6DE2

analogous

#E2754B #E2C04B #B9E24B

triadic

#E2C04B #4BE2C0 #C04BE2

tetradic

#E2C04B #4BE275 #4B6DE2 #E24BB9

square

#E2C04B #4BE275 #4B6DE2 #E24BB9

split-complementary

#E2C04B #4BB9E2 #754BE2

monochromatic

#9A7D19 #CFA821 #E2C04B #EAD280 #F3E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E2C04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C04B

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C04B	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.138 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd283',
    500: '#e2c04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c04b;
$custom-light: #efd283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81613,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C04B

secondary

#344C9E

accent

#62EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C04B

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

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