#E2C142#E2C142

#E2C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.145 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C142
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -1.51, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 65.10, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0104 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.145 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4200, 54.7049, 13.0039)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C142 #4263E2

analogous

#E27142 #E2C142 #B3E242

triadic

#E2C142 #42E2C1 #C142E2

tetradic

#E2C142 #42E271 #4263E2 #E242B3

square

#E2C142 #42E271 #4263E2 #E242B3

split-complementary

#E2C142 #42B3E2 #7142E2

monochromatic

#937917 #C8A51F #E2C142 #EAD277 #F2E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#E2C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C142

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C142	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)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.145 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd37e',
    500: '#e2c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c142;
$custom-light: #efd37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81741,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C142

secondary

#314698

accent

#5EF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C142

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

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