#E2C050#E2C050

#E2C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.135 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C050
RGB	rgb(226, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -0.23, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 59.17, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0051 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.135 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6642, 54.4500, 15.3765)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C050 #5072E2

analogous

#E27750 #E2C050 #BBE250

triadic

#E2C050 #50E2C0 #C050E2

tetradic

#E2C050 #50E277 #5072E2 #E250BB

square

#E2C050 #50E277 #5072E2 #E250BB

split-complementary

#E2C050 #50BBE2 #7750E2

monochromatic

#9E7F1A #D2A923 #E2C050 #EBD384 #F3E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E2C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#E2C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C050

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C050	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.135 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd286',
    500: '#e2c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c050;
$custom-light: #efd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81659,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C050

secondary

#354EA1

accent

#64EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C050

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

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