#E2C250#E2C250

#E2C250 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.136 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C250
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -1.27, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 59.73, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0081 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.136 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1063, 55.3343, 15.5239)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C250 #5070E2

analogous

#E27950 #E2C250 #B9E250

triadic

#E2C250 #50E2C2 #C250E2

tetradic

#E2C250 #50E279 #5070E2 #E250B9

square

#E2C250 #50E279 #5070E2 #E250B9

split-complementary

#E2C250 #50B9E2 #7950E2

monochromatic

#9E811A #D2AC23 #E2C250 #EBD484 #F3E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#E2C250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C250

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C250	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.136 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd486',
    500: '#e2c250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c250;
$custom-light: #efd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82062,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C250

secondary

#354DA1

accent

#61EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C250

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

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