#E2C44E#E2C44E

#E2C44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.139 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C44E
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -2.42, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 61.14, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0117 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.139 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4816, 56.2014, 15.2899)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C44E #4E6CE2

analogous

#E27A4E #E2C44E #B6E24E

triadic

#E2C44E #4EE2C4 #C44EE2

tetradic

#E2C44E #4EE27A #4E6CE2 #E24EB6

square

#E2C44E #4EE27A #4E6CE2 #E24EB6

split-complementary

#E2C44E #4EB6E2 #7A4EE2

monochromatic

#9C821A #D1AD22 #E2C44E #EBD683 #F3E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E2C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C44E

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C44E	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)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.139 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd585',
    500: '#e2c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c44e;
$custom-light: #efd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82448,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C44E

secondary

#354A9F

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C44E

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