#E2C64E#E2C64E

#E2C64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C64E
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -3.46, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 61.73, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0146 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(52.9357, 57.1096, 15.4412)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C64E #4E6AE2

analogous

#E27C4E #E2C64E #B4E24E

triadic

#E2C64E #4EE2C6 #C64EE2

tetradic

#E2C64E #4EE27C #4E6AE2 #E24EB4

square

#E2C64E #4EE27C #4E6AE2 #E24EB4

split-complementary

#E2C64E #4EB4E2 #7C4EE2

monochromatic

#9C831A #D1B022 #E2C64E #EBD783 #F3E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E2C64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C64E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C64E	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)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd685',
    500: '#e2c64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c64e;
$custom-light: #efd685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82854,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.57107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C64E

secondary

#35499F

accent

#5CEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C64E

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

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