#E2C45A#E2C45A

#E2C45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.129 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C45A
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 60.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -1.66, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 55.97, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0081 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.129 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9518, 56.3894, 17.7660)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C45A #5A78E2

analogous

#E2805A #E2C45A #BCE25A

triadic

#E2C45A #5AE2C4 #C45AE2

tetradic

#E2C45A #5AE280 #5A78E2 #E25ABC

square

#E2C45A #5AE280 #5A78E2 #E25ABC

split-complementary

#E2C45A #5ABCE2 #805AE2

monochromatic

#A5871D #D9B126 #E2C45A #EBD78E #F4E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#E2C45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C45A

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C45A	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.129 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed58c',
    500: '#e2c45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c45a;
$custom-light: #eed58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82566,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C45A

secondary

#3951A7

accent

#3DD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C45A

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

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