#E2C34A#E2C34A

#E2C34A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C34A
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 67.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -2.13, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 62.50, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0113 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.141 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1177, 55.6961, 14.4825)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C34A #4A69E2

analogous

#E2774A #E2C34A #B5E24A

triadic

#E2C34A #4AE2C3 #C34AE2

tetradic

#E2C34A #4AE277 #4A69E2 #E24AB5

square

#E2C34A #4AE277 #4A69E2 #E24AB5

split-complementary

#E2C34A #4AB5E2 #774AE2

monochromatic

#997F19 #CEAB21 #E2C34A #EAD47F #F3E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E2C34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C34A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C34A	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)

#D7BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd482',
    500: '#e2c34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c34a;
$custom-light: #efd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.763,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8221,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C34A

secondary

#33499D

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C34A

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

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