#E2C242#E2C242

#E2C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.146 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C242
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -2.03, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 65.36, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0119 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.146 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6418, 55.1485, 13.0778)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C242 #4262E2

analogous

#E27242 #E2C242 #B2E242

triadic

#E2C242 #42E2C2 #C242E2

tetradic

#E2C242 #42E272 #4262E2 #E242B2

square

#E2C242 #42E272 #4262E2 #E242B2

split-complementary

#E2C242 #42B2E2 #7242E2

monochromatic

#937A17 #C8A61F #E2C242 #EAD377 #F2E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E2C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C242

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C242	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)

#D6BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.146 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd47e',
    500: '#e2c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c242;
$custom-light: #efd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81944,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C242

secondary

#314598

accent

#5DF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C242

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

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