#E2C24A#E2C24A

#E2C24A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C24A
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 67.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -1.62, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 62.22, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0098 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(51.8944, 55.2495, 14.4081)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C24A #4A6AE2

analogous

#E2764A #E2C24A #B6E24A

triadic

#E2C24A #4AE2C2 #C24AE2

tetradic

#E2C24A #4AE276 #4A6AE2 #E24AB6

square

#E2C24A #4AE276 #4A6AE2 #E24AB6

split-complementary

#E2C24A #4AB6E2 #764AE2

monochromatic

#997E19 #CEA921 #E2C24A #EAD47F #F3E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E2C24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C24A

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C24A	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)

#D6BF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd482',
    500: '#e2c24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c24a;
$custom-light: #efd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82008,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.55247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C24A

secondary

#334A9D

accent

#5FEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C24A

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

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