#E2C331#E2C331

#E2C331 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.156 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C331
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -3.25, 71.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 71.51, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0171 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.156 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4363, 55.4236, 10.8937)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C331 #3150E2

analogous

#E26B31 #E2C331 #A8E231

triadic

#E2C331 #31E2C3 #C331E2

tetradic

#E2C331 #31E26B #3150E2 #E231A8

square

#E2C331 #31E26B #3150E2 #E231A8

split-complementary

#E2C331 #31A8E2 #6B31E2

monochromatic

#867213 #BB9F1A #E2C331 #EAD367 #F1E29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E2C331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E2C331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C331

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C331	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.156 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d475',
    500: '#e2c331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c331;
$custom-light: #f0d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.492,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82037,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C331

secondary

#2B3C8C

accent

#57F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C331

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →