#E2C544#E2C544

#E2C544 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.147 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C544
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -3.48, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 65.43, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0158 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.147 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3763, 56.5213, 13.6186)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C544 #4461E2

analogous

#E27644 #E2C544 #B0E244

triadic

#E2C544 #44E2C5 #C544E2

tetradic

#E2C544 #44E276 #4461E2 #E244B0

square

#E2C544 #44E276 #4461E2 #E244B0

split-complementary

#E2C544 #44B0E2 #7644E2

monochromatic

#957E17 #CAAA1F #E2C544 #EAD579 #F2E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E2C544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C544

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C544	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.147 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd67f',
    500: '#e2c544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c544;
$custom-light: #efd67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.987,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82567,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C544

secondary

#314499

accent

#5AF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C544

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

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