#E2C54F#E2C54F

#E2C54F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.139 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C54F
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -2.88, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 61.02, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0129 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.139 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.7440, 56.6684, 15.5555)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C54F #4F6CE2

analogous

#E27B4F #E2C54F #B6E24F

triadic

#E2C54F #4FE2C5 #C54FE2

tetradic

#E2C54F #4FE27B #4F6CE2 #E24FB6

square

#E2C54F #4FE27B #4F6CE2 #E24FB6

split-complementary

#E2C54F #4FB6E2 #7B4FE2

monochromatic

#9D831A #D1AF22 #E2C54F #EBD684 #F3E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E2C54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C54F

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C54F	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)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.139 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd686',
    500: '#e2c54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c54f;
$custom-light: #efd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8266,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C54F

secondary

#354AA0

accent

#5DEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C54F

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

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