#E2C45D#E2C45D

#E2C45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.127 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C45D
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 58.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -1.45, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 54.63, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0071 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.127 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0820, 56.4416, 18.4521)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C45D #5D7BE2

analogous

#E2815D #E2C45D #BEE25D

triadic

#E2C45D #5DE2C4 #C45DE2

tetradic

#E2C45D #5DE281 #5D7BE2 #E25DBE

square

#E2C45D #5DE281 #5D7BE2 #E25DBE

split-complementary

#E2C45D #5DBEE2 #815DE2

monochromatic

#A7881E #D9B129 #E2C45D #EBD791 #F5EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E2C45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C45D

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C45D	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.127 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed58e',
    500: '#e2c45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c45d;
$custom-light: #eed58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82599,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C45D

secondary

#3A53A9

accent

#3FD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C45D

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

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