#E2C44C#E2C44C

#E2C44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.140 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C44C
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -2.54, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 61.97, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0122 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.14 95)
XYZ	xyz(52.4110, 56.1731, 14.9179)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C44C #4C6AE2

analogous

#E2794C #E2C44C #B5E24C

triadic

#E2C44C #4CE2C4 #C44CE2

tetradic

#E2C44C #4CE279 #4C6AE2 #E24CB5

square

#E2C44C #4CE279 #4C6AE2 #E24CB5

split-complementary

#E2C44C #4CB5E2 #794CE2

monochromatic

#9B8119 #CFAC22 #E2C44C #EBD581 #F3E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E2C44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C44C

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C44C	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)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.140 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd584',
    500: '#e2c44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c44c;
$custom-light: #efd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8243,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.5617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C44C

secondary

#34499E

accent

#5DEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C44C

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

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