#E2C342#E2C342

#E2C342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.146 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C342
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -2.55, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 65.64, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0134 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.146 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8652, 55.5951, 13.1523)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C342 #4261E2

analogous

#E27342 #E2C342 #B1E242

triadic

#E2C342 #42E2C3 #C342E2

tetradic

#E2C342 #42E273 #4261E2 #E242B1

square

#E2C342 #42E273 #4261E2 #E242B1

split-complementary

#E2C342 #42B1E2 #7342E2

monochromatic

#937B17 #C8A71F #E2C342 #EAD477 #F2E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E2C342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C342

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C342	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.146 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd47e',
    500: '#e2c342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c342;
$custom-light: #efd47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82146,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C342

secondary

#314598

accent

#5BF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C342

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

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