#E2C531#E2C531

#E2C531 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.157 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C531
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -4.28, 71.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 72.03, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.02 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.157 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8874, 56.3258, 11.0441)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C531 #314EE2

analogous

#E26C31 #E2C531 #A7E231

triadic

#E2C531 #31E2C5 #C531E2

tetradic

#E2C531 #31E26C #314EE2 #E231A7

square

#E2C531 #31E26C #314EE2 #E231A7

split-complementary

#E2C531 #31A7E2 #6C31E2

monochromatic

#867313 #BBA11A #E2C531 #EAD467 #F1E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E2C531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C531

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C531	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.157 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d676',
    500: '#e2c531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c531;
$custom-light: #f0d676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.169,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82444,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C531

secondary

#2B3B8C

accent

#55F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C531

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

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