#E2C14C#E2C14C

#E2C14C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.138 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C14C
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -0.99, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 61.12, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0078 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.138 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7411, 54.8333, 14.6946)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C14C #4C6DE2

analogous

#E2764C #E2C14C #B8E24C

triadic

#E2C14C #4CE2C1 #C14CE2

tetradic

#E2C14C #4CE276 #4C6DE2 #E24CB8

square

#E2C14C #4CE276 #4C6DE2 #E24CB8

split-complementary

#E2C14C #4CB8E2 #764CE2

monochromatic

#9B7E19 #CFA922 #E2C14C #EBD381 #F3E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C14C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E2C14C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C14C

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C14C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C14C	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c14c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.138 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd383',
    500: '#e2c14c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c14c;
$custom-light: #efd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c14c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81824,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C14C

secondary

#344B9E

accent

#61EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C14C

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

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