#E2C241#E2C241

#E2C241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.146 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C241
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 71.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -2.08, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 65.74, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0122 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.146 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6126, 55.1368, 12.9239)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C241 #4161E2

analogous

#E27241 #E2C241 #B1E241

triadic

#E2C241 #41E2C2 #C241E2

tetradic

#E2C241 #41E272 #4161E2 #E241B1

square

#E2C241 #41E272 #4161E2 #E241B1

split-complementary

#E2C241 #41B1E2 #7241E2

monochromatic

#927A16 #C7A61E #E2C241 #EAD376 #F2E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E2C241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C241

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C241	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.146 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd47d',
    500: '#e2c241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c241;
$custom-light: #efd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.075,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81936,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C241

secondary

#304597

accent

#5CF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C241

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

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