#E2C431#E2C431

#E2C431 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.157 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C431
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -3.77, 71.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 71.77, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0185 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.157 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6611, 55.8732, 10.9686)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C431 #314FE2

analogous

#E26C31 #E2C431 #A7E231

triadic

#E2C431 #31E2C4 #C431E2

tetradic

#E2C431 #31E26C #314FE2 #E231A7

square

#E2C431 #31E26C #314FE2 #E231A7

split-complementary

#E2C431 #31A7E2 #6C31E2

monochromatic

#867213 #BBA01A #E2C431 #EAD367 #F1E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E2C431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C431

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C431	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.157 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d576',
    500: '#e2c431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c431;
$custom-light: #f0d576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82241,
    "c": 0.15664,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C431

secondary

#2B3C8C

accent

#56F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C431

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

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