#E2C243#E2C243

#E2C243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.145 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C243
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -1.98, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 64.98, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0117 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.145 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6716, 55.1604, 13.2345)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C243 #4363E2

analogous

#E27343 #E2C243 #B2E243

triadic

#E2C243 #43E2C2 #C243E2

tetradic

#E2C243 #43E273 #4363E2 #E243B2

square

#E2C243 #43E273 #4363E2 #E243B2

split-complementary

#E2C243 #43B2E2 #7343E2

monochromatic

#947B17 #C9A71F #E2C243 #EAD378 #F2E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E2C243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C243

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C243	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)

#D6BE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.145 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd47e',
    500: '#e2c243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c243;
$custom-light: #efd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.925,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81951,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C243

secondary

#314698

accent

#5DF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C243

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

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