#E2C23D#E2C23D

#E2C23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.149 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C23D
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 73%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -2.26, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 67.22, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0131 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.149 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5008, 55.0921, 12.3352)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C23D #3D5DE2

analogous

#E2703D #E2C23D #AFE23D

triadic

#E2C23D #3DE2C2 #C23DE2

tetradic

#E2C23D #3DE270 #3D5DE2 #E23DAF

square

#E2C23D #3DE270 #3D5DE2 #E23DAF

split-complementary

#E2C23D #3DAFE2 #703DE2

monochromatic

#8F7815 #C4A41D #E2C23D #EAD372 #F2E3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E2C23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C23D

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C23D	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.149 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd47b',
    500: '#e2c23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c23d;
$custom-light: #efd47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.364,
    "s": 73.991,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81908,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C23D

secondary

#2F4394

accent

#5BF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C23D

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

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