#E2C54B#E2C54B

#E2C54B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.142 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C54B
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -3.11, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 62.67, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.014 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.142 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6028, 56.6120, 14.8117)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C54B #4B68E2

analogous

#E27A4B #E2C54B #B4E24B

triadic

#E2C54B #4BE2C5 #C54BE2

tetradic

#E2C54B #4BE27A #4B68E2 #E24BB4

square

#E2C54B #4BE27A #4B68E2 #E24BB4

split-complementary

#E2C54B #4BB4E2 #7A4BE2

monochromatic

#9A8119 #CFAD21 #E2C54B #EAD680 #F3E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E2C54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C54B

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C54B	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.142 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd683',
    500: '#e2c54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c54b;
$custom-light: #efd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82624,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C54B

secondary

#34489E

accent

#5CEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C54B

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

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