#E2C14B#E2C14B

#E2C14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.139 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C14B
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -1.04, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 61.53, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0081 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.139 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7066, 54.8195, 14.5130)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C14B #4B6CE2

analogous

#E2764B #E2C14B #B8E24B

triadic

#E2C14B #4BE2C1 #C14BE2

tetradic

#E2C14B #4BE276 #4B6CE2 #E24BB8

square

#E2C14B #4BE276 #4B6CE2 #E24BB8

split-complementary

#E2C14B #4BB8E2 #764BE2

monochromatic

#9A7E19 #CFA921 #E2C14B #EAD380 #F3E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E2C14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#E2C14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C14B

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C14B	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)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.139 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd383',
    500: '#e2c14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c14b;
$custom-light: #efd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81815,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C14B

secondary

#344B9E

accent

#61EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C14B

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

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