#E2C44D#E2C44D

#E2C44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.140 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C44D
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -2.48, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 61.56, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.012 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.14 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4460, 56.1871, 15.1025)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C44D #4D6BE2

analogous

#E2794D #E2C44D #B6E24D

triadic

#E2C44D #4DE2C4 #C44DE2

tetradic

#E2C44D #4DE279 #4D6BE2 #E24DB6

square

#E2C44D #4DE279 #4D6BE2 #E24DB6

split-complementary

#E2C44D #4DB6E2 #794DE2

monochromatic

#9B8119 #D0AD22 #E2C44D #EBD582 #F3E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E2C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C44D

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C44D	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.140 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd584',
    500: '#e2c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c44d;
$custom-light: #efd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82439,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C44D

secondary

#344A9F

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C44D

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

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