#E2C24C#E2C24C

#E2C24C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.139 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C24C
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -1.51, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 61.40, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0093 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.139 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9629, 55.2769, 14.7686)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C24C #4C6CE2

analogous

#E2774C #E2C24C #B7E24C

triadic

#E2C24C #4CE2C2 #C24CE2

tetradic

#E2C24C #4CE277 #4C6CE2 #E24CB7

square

#E2C24C #4CE277 #4C6CE2 #E24CB7

split-complementary

#E2C24C #4CB7E2 #774CE2

monochromatic

#9B7F19 #CFAA22 #E2C24C #EBD481 #F3E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E2C24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C24C

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C24C	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)

#D5BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.139 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd484',
    500: '#e2c24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c24c;
$custom-light: #efd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82026,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C24C

secondary

#344B9E

accent

#60EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C24C

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

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