#E2C04C#E2C04C

#E2C04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.138 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C04C
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -0.47, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 60.84, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0063 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.138 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5208, 54.3927, 14.6212)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C04C #4C6EE2

analogous

#E2754C #E2C04C #B9E24C

triadic

#E2C04C #4CE2C0 #C04CE2

tetradic

#E2C04C #4CE275 #4C6EE2 #E24CB9

square

#E2C04C #4CE275 #4C6EE2 #E24CB9

split-complementary

#E2C04C #4CB9E2 #754CE2

monochromatic

#9B7D19 #CFA822 #E2C04C #EBD381 #F3E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E2C04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C04C

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C04C	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)

#D4BD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.138 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd283',
    500: '#e2c04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c04c;
$custom-light: #efd283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81622,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C04C

secondary

#344C9E

accent

#62EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C04C

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

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