#E2C04D#E2C04D

#E2C04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.137 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C04D
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -0.41, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 60.43, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.006 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.137 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5558, 54.4067, 14.8057)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C04D #4D6FE2

analogous

#E2764D #E2C04D #B9E24D

triadic

#E2C04D #4DE2C0 #C04DE2

tetradic

#E2C04D #4DE276 #4D6FE2 #E24DB9

square

#E2C04D #4DE276 #4D6FE2 #E24DB9

split-complementary

#E2C04D #4DB9E2 #764DE2

monochromatic

#9B7E19 #D0A822 #E2C04D #EBD382 #F3E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E2C04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C04D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C04D	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)

#D4BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.137 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd284',
    500: '#e2c04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c04d;
$custom-light: #efd284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81631,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C04D

secondary

#344D9F

accent

#63EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C04D

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

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