#E2C631#E2C631

#E2C631 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.158 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C631
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -4.80, 72.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 72.29, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0214 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.158 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1152, 56.7814, 11.1200)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C631 #314DE2

analogous

#E26E31 #E2C631 #A6E231

triadic

#E2C631 #31E2C6 #C631E2

tetradic

#E2C631 #31E26E #314DE2 #E231A6

square

#E2C631 #31E26E #314DE2 #E231A6

split-complementary

#E2C631 #31A6E2 #6E31E2

monochromatic

#867413 #BBA21A #E2C631 #EAD567 #F1E49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E2C631 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C631

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C631	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.158 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d676',
    500: '#e2c631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c631;
$custom-light: #f0d676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.508,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82648,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C631

secondary

#2B3B8C

accent

#54F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C631

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

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