#E2C149#E2C149

#E2C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.140 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C149
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -1.15, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 62.34, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0086 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.14 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6392, 54.7925, 14.1581)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C149 #496AE2

analogous

#E27449 #E2C149 #B6E249

triadic

#E2C149 #49E2C1 #C149E2

tetradic

#E2C149 #49E274 #496AE2 #E249B6

square

#E2C149 #49E274 #496AE2 #E249B6

split-complementary

#E2C149 #49B6E2 #7449E2

monochromatic

#987D18 #CDA821 #E2C149 #EAD37E #F3E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#E2C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C149

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C149	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.140 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd382',
    500: '#e2c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c149;
$custom-light: #efd382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C149

secondary

#334A9C

accent

#60EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C149

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

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