#E2C244#E2C244

#E2C244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.144 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C244
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -1.93, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 64.60, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0114 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.144 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7018, 55.1725, 13.3938)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C244 #4464E2

analogous

#E27344 #E2C244 #B3E244

triadic

#E2C244 #44E2C2 #C244E2

tetradic

#E2C244 #44E273 #4464E2 #E244B3

square

#E2C244 #44E273 #4464E2 #E244B3

split-complementary

#E2C244 #44B3E2 #7344E2

monochromatic

#957B17 #CAA71F #E2C244 #EAD379 #F2E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E2C244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E2C244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C244

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C244	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)

#D6BE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.144 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd47f',
    500: '#e2c244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c244;
$custom-light: #efd47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81959,
    "c": 0.14448,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C244

secondary

#314699

accent

#5DF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C244

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

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