#E2C232#E2C232

#E2C232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.155 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C232
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 77.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -2.70, 70.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 70.95, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0154 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.155 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2343, 54.9855, 10.9316)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C232 #3252E2

analogous

#E26A32 #E2C232 #AAE232

triadic

#E2C232 #32E2C2 #C232E2

tetradic

#E2C232 #32E26A #3252E2 #E232AA

square

#E2C232 #32E26A #3252E2 #E232AA

split-complementary

#E2C232 #32AAE2 #6A32E2

monochromatic

#877213 #BC9F1B #E2C232 #EAD268 #F1E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E2C232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C232

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C232	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.155 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d476',
    500: '#e2c232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c232;
$custom-light: #f0d476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 75.214,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8184,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C232

secondary

#2C3D8D

accent

#58F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C232

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

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