#E2C64B#E2C64B

#E2C64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C64B
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -3.63, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 62.96, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0155 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8306, 57.0676, 14.8876)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C64B #4B67E2

analogous

#E27B4B #E2C64B #B3E24B

triadic

#E2C64B #4BE2C6 #C64BE2

tetradic

#E2C64B #4BE27B #4B67E2 #E24BB3

square

#E2C64B #4BE27B #4B67E2 #E24BB3

split-complementary

#E2C64B #4BB3E2 #7B4BE2

monochromatic

#9A8219 #CFAE21 #E2C64B #EAD780 #F3E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E2C64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C64B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C64B	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd683',
    500: '#e2c64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c64b;
$custom-light: #efd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82827,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C64B

secondary

#34479E

accent

#5BEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C64B

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

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