#E2C349#E2C349

#E2C349 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C349
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -2.19, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 62.90, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0116 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.142 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0843, 55.6828, 14.3065)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C349 #4968E2

analogous

#E27649 #E2C349 #B4E249

triadic

#E2C349 #49E2C3 #C349E2

tetradic

#E2C349 #49E276 #4968E2 #E249B4

square

#E2C349 #49E276 #4968E2 #E249B4

split-complementary

#E2C349 #49B4E2 #7649E2

monochromatic

#987E18 #CDAA21 #E2C349 #EAD47E #F3E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E2C349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C349

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C349	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd482',
    500: '#e2c349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c349;
$custom-light: #efd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82202,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C349

secondary

#33489C

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C349

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

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