#E2C548#E2C548

#E2C548 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.144 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C548
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -3.27, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 63.87, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0148 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.144 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5025, 56.5718, 14.2836)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C548 #4865E2

analogous

#E27848 #E2C548 #B2E248

triadic

#E2C548 #48E2C5 #C548E2

tetradic

#E2C548 #48E278 #4865E2 #E248B2

square

#E2C548 #48E278 #4865E2 #E248B2

split-complementary

#E2C548 #48B2E2 #7848E2

monochromatic

#988018 #CCAC20 #E2C548 #EAD67D #F3E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E2C548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C548

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C548	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)

#D8C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.144 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd681',
    500: '#e2c548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c548;
$custom-light: #efd681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.701,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82599,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C548

secondary

#33469C

accent

#5BEF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C548

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

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