#E2C54D#E2C54D

#E2C54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.140 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C54D
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -3.00, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 61.85, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0134 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.14 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.6723, 56.6398, 15.1779)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C54D #4D6AE2

analogous

#E27B4D #E2C54D #B5E24D

triadic

#E2C54D #4DE2C5 #C54DE2

tetradic

#E2C54D #4DE27B #4D6AE2 #E24DB5

square

#E2C54D #4DE27B #4D6AE2 #E24DB5

split-complementary

#E2C54D #4DB5E2 #7B4DE2

monochromatic

#9B8219 #D0AE22 #E2C54D #EBD682 #F3E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E2C54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C54D

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C54D	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.140 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd684',
    500: '#e2c54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c54d;
$custom-light: #efd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82642,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C54D

secondary

#34499F

accent

#5CEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C54D

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

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