#E2C54C#E2C54C

#E2C54C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.141 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C54C
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -3.06, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 62.26, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0137 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.141 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6373, 56.6258, 14.9934)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C54C #4C69E2

analogous

#E27A4C #E2C54C #B4E24C

triadic

#E2C54C #4CE2C5 #C54CE2

tetradic

#E2C54C #4CE27A #4C69E2 #E24CB4

square

#E2C54C #4CE27A #4C69E2 #E24CB4

split-complementary

#E2C54C #4CB4E2 #7A4CE2

monochromatic

#9B8219 #CFAE22 #E2C54C #EBD681 #F3E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E2C54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C54C

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C54C	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)

#D8C13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.141 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd684',
    500: '#e2c54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c54c;
$custom-light: #efd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82633,
    "c": 0.141,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C54C

secondary

#34499E

accent

#5CEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C54C

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

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