#E2C150#E2C150

#E2C150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.135 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C150
RGB	rgb(226, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -0.75, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 59.44, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0066 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.135 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8845, 54.8907, 15.4499)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C150 #5071E2

analogous

#E27850 #E2C150 #BAE250

triadic

#E2C150 #50E2C1 #C150E2

tetradic

#E2C150 #50E278 #5071E2 #E250BA

square

#E2C150 #50E278 #5071E2 #E250BA

split-complementary

#E2C150 #50BAE2 #7850E2

monochromatic

#9E801A #D2AA23 #E2C150 #EBD484 #F3E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#E2C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C150

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C150	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.135 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd386',
    500: '#e2c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c150;
$custom-light: #efd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81861,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C150

secondary

#354EA1

accent

#62EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C150

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

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