#E2C44A#E2C44A

#E2C44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C44A
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -2.65, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 62.78, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0128 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.142 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3425, 56.1458, 14.5574)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C44A #4A68E2

analogous

#E2784A #E2C44A #B4E24A

triadic

#E2C44A #4AE2C4 #C44AE2

tetradic

#E2C44A #4AE278 #4A68E2 #E24AB4

square

#E2C44A #4AE278 #4A68E2 #E24AB4

split-complementary

#E2C44A #4AB4E2 #784AE2

monochromatic

#998019 #CEAC21 #E2C44A #EAD57F #F3E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E2C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C44A

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C44A	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd583',
    500: '#e2c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c44a;
$custom-light: #efd583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82413,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C44A

secondary

#33489D

accent

#5DEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C44A

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

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