#E2C444#E2C444

#E2C444 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.146 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C444
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -2.97, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 65.15, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0144 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.146 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1500, 56.0687, 13.5432)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C444 #4462E2

analogous

#E27544 #E2C444 #B1E244

triadic

#E2C444 #44E2C4 #C444E2

tetradic

#E2C444 #44E275 #4462E2 #E244B1

square

#E2C444 #44E275 #4462E2 #E244B1

split-complementary

#E2C444 #44B1E2 #7544E2

monochromatic

#957D17 #CAA91F #E2C444 #EAD579 #F2E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E2C444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C444

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C444	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)

#D8C031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.146 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd57f',
    500: '#e2c444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c444;
$custom-light: #efd57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82364,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C444

secondary

#314599

accent

#5BF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C444

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

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