#E2C04E#E2C04E

#E2C04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.136 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C04E
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -0.35, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 60.01, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0057 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.136 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.5914, 54.4209, 14.9931)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C04E #4E70E2

analogous

#E2764E #E2C04E #BAE24E

triadic

#E2C04E #4EE2C0 #C04EE2

tetradic

#E2C04E #4EE276 #4E70E2 #E24EBA

square

#E2C04E #4EE276 #4E70E2 #E24EBA

split-complementary

#E2C04E #4EBAE2 #764EE2

monochromatic

#9C7E1A #D1A922 #E2C04E #EBD383 #F3E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#E2C04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C04E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C04E	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)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.136 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd285',
    500: '#e2c04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c04e;
$custom-light: #efd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81641,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C04E

secondary

#354D9F

accent

#63EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C04E

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

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