#E2C445#E2C445

#E2C445 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.145 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C445
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -2.92, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 64.76, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0141 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.145 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1807, 56.0810, 13.7053)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C445 #4563E2

analogous

#E27545 #E2C445 #B1E245

triadic

#E2C445 #45E2C4 #C445E2

tetradic

#E2C445 #45E275 #4563E2 #E245B1

square

#E2C445 #45E275 #4563E2 #E245B1

split-complementary

#E2C445 #45B1E2 #7545E2

monochromatic

#957D17 #CAAA20 #E2C445 #EAD57A #F3E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E2C445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C445

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C445	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.145 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd580',
    500: '#e2c445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c445;
$custom-light: #efd580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82372,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C445

secondary

#32469A

accent

#5BF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C445

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

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