#E2C441#E2C441

#E2C441 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.148 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C441
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 71.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -3.11, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 66.29, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0151 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.148 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0607, 56.0330, 13.0733)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C441 #415FE2

analogous

#E27441 #E2C441 #B0E241

triadic

#E2C441 #41E2C4 #C441E2

tetradic

#E2C441 #41E274 #415FE2 #E241B0

square

#E2C441 #41E274 #415FE2 #E241B0

split-complementary

#E2C441 #41B0E2 #7441E2

monochromatic

#927B16 #C7A81E #E2C441 #EAD476 #F2E5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E2C441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C441

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C441	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.148 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd57e',
    500: '#e2c441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c441;
$custom-light: #efd57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.82,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82342,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C441

secondary

#304397

accent

#5AF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C441

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

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