#E2C64D#E2C64D

#E2C64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C64D
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -3.51, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 62.15, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0149 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9001, 57.0954, 15.2538)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C64D #4D69E2

analogous

#E27C4D #E2C64D #B4E24D

triadic

#E2C64D #4DE2C6 #C64DE2

tetradic

#E2C64D #4DE27C #4D69E2 #E24DB4

square

#E2C64D #4DE27C #4D69E2 #E24DB4

split-complementary

#E2C64D #4DB4E2 #7C4DE2

monochromatic

#9B8319 #D0AF22 #E2C64D #EBD782 #F3E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E2C64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C64D

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C64D	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd684',
    500: '#e2c64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c64d;
$custom-light: #efd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82845,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C64D

secondary

#34489F

accent

#5BEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C64D

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

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