#E2C141#E2C141

#E2C141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.146 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C141
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 71.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -1.56, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 65.48, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0107 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.146 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3908, 54.6932, 12.8500)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C141 #4162E2

analogous

#E27141 #E2C141 #B2E241

triadic

#E2C141 #41E2C1 #C141E2

tetradic

#E2C141 #41E271 #4162E2 #E241B2

square

#E2C141 #41E271 #4162E2 #E241B2

split-complementary

#E2C141 #41B2E2 #7141E2

monochromatic

#927916 #C7A51E #E2C141 #EAD276 #F2E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#E2C141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C141

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C141	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.146 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd37d',
    500: '#e2c141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c141;
$custom-light: #efd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.702,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81734,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C141

secondary

#304597

accent

#5DF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C141

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

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