#E2C545#E2C545

#E2C545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.146 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C545
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -3.43, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 65.05, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0156 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.146 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4070, 56.5337, 13.7807)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C545 #4562E2

analogous

#E27645 #E2C545 #B1E245

triadic

#E2C545 #45E2C5 #C545E2

tetradic

#E2C545 #45E276 #4562E2 #E245B1

square

#E2C545 #45E276 #4562E2 #E245B1

split-complementary

#E2C545 #45B1E2 #7645E2

monochromatic

#957E17 #CAAB20 #E2C545 #EAD67A #F3E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E2C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C545

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C545	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.146 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd680',
    500: '#e2c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c545;
$custom-light: #efd680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.917,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82575,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C545

secondary

#32459A

accent

#5AF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C545

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

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