#E2C45E#E2C45E

#E2C45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.126 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C45E
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 58.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -1.38, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 54.17, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0068 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.126 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1266, 56.4594, 18.6869)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C45E #5E7CE2

analogous

#E2825E #E2C45E #BEE25E

triadic

#E2C45E #5EE2C4 #C45EE2

tetradic

#E2C45E #5EE282 #5E7CE2 #E25EBE

square

#E2C45E #5EE282 #5E7CE2 #E25EBE

split-complementary

#E2C45E #5EBEE2 #825EE2

monochromatic

#A7881E #D9B12A #E2C45E #EBD792 #F5EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E2C45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C45E

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C45E	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)

#D6C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.126 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed58f',
    500: '#e2c45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c45e;
$custom-light: #eed58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8261,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C45E

secondary

#3B54AA

accent

#3FD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C45E

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

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