#E2C641#E2C641

#E2C641 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.149 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C641
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -4.14, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 66.85, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.018 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.149 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5149, 56.9413, 13.2247)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C641 #415DE2

analogous

#E27541 #E2C641 #AEE241

triadic

#E2C641 #41E2C6 #C641E2

tetradic

#E2C641 #41E275 #415DE2 #E241AE

square

#E2C641 #41E275 #415DE2 #E241AE

split-complementary

#E2C641 #41AEE2 #7541E2

monochromatic

#927D16 #C7AA1E #E2C641 #EAD676 #F2E6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E2C641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C641

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C641	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.149 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd67e',
    500: '#e2c641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c641;
$custom-light: #efd67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82748,
    "c": 0.14915,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C641

secondary

#304297

accent

#58F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C641

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

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