#E2C144#E2C144

#E2C144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.144 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C144
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -1.42, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 64.33, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0099 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.144 94)
XYZ	xyz(51.4800, 54.7289, 13.3199)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C144 #4465E2

analogous

#E27244 #E2C144 #B4E244

triadic

#E2C144 #44E2C1 #C144E2

tetradic

#E2C144 #44E272 #4465E2 #E244B4

square

#E2C144 #44E272 #4465E2 #E244B4

split-complementary

#E2C144 #44B4E2 #7244E2

monochromatic

#957A17 #CAA61F #E2C144 #EAD379 #F2E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#E2C144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C144

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C144	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.144 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd37f',
    500: '#e2c144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c144;
$custom-light: #efd37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.468,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81757,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.54726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C144

secondary

#314799

accent

#5EF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C144

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

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