#E2C645#E2C645

#E2C645 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.147 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C645
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -3.94, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 65.34, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.017 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.147 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6349, 56.9893, 13.8567)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C645 #4561E2

analogous

#E27745 #E2C645 #B0E245

triadic

#E2C645 #45E2C6 #C645E2

tetradic

#E2C645 #45E277 #4561E2 #E245B0

square

#E2C645 #45E277 #4561E2 #E245B0

split-complementary

#E2C645 #45B0E2 #7745E2

monochromatic

#957F17 #CAAC20 #E2C645 #EAD67A #F3E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E2C645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C645

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C645	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.147 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd680',
    500: '#e2c645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c645;
$custom-light: #efd680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.299,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82778,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C645

secondary

#32449A

accent

#59F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C645

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

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