#E2C249#E2C249

#E2C249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C249
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -1.67, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 62.62, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0101 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.141 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8610, 55.2362, 14.2320)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C249 #4969E2

analogous

#E27549 #E2C249 #B5E249

triadic

#E2C249 #49E2C2 #C249E2

tetradic

#E2C249 #49E275 #4969E2 #E249B5

square

#E2C249 #49E275 #4969E2 #E249B5

split-complementary

#E2C249 #49B5E2 #7549E2

monochromatic

#987E18 #CDA921 #E2C249 #EAD47E #F3E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E2C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C249

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C249	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd482',
    500: '#e2c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c249;
$custom-light: #efd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C249

secondary

#33499C

accent

#5FEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C249

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

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