#E2C25E#E2C25E

#E2C25E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.125 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C25E
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 58.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -0.34, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 53.58, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0038 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.125 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6785, 55.5632, 18.5375)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C25E #5E7EE2

analogous

#E2805E #E2C25E #C0E25E

triadic

#E2C25E #5EE2C2 #C25EE2

tetradic

#E2C25E #5EE280 #5E7EE2 #E25EC0

square

#E2C25E #5EE280 #5E7EE2 #E25EC0

split-complementary

#E2C25E #5EC0E2 #805EE2

monochromatic

#A7861E #D9AE2A #E2C25E #EBD692 #F5E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E2C25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C25E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C25E	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.125 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed48f',
    500: '#e2c25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c25e;
$custom-light: #eed48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82208,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C25E

secondary

#3B56AA

accent

#42D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C25E

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

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