#E2C24D#E2C24D

#E2C24D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C24D
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -1.45, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 60.98, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.009 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.138 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9979, 55.2909, 14.9531)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C24D #4D6DE2

analogous

#E2784D #E2C24D #B8E24D

triadic

#E2C24D #4DE2C2 #C24DE2

tetradic

#E2C24D #4DE278 #4D6DE2 #E24DB8

square

#E2C24D #4DE278 #4D6DE2 #E24DB8

split-complementary

#E2C24D #4DB8E2 #784DE2

monochromatic

#9B7F19 #D0AB22 #E2C24D #EBD482 #F3E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E2C24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C24D

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C24D	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd484',
    500: '#e2c24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c24d;
$custom-light: #efd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82034,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C24D

secondary

#344B9F

accent

#60EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C24D

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

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