#E2C64F#E2C64F

#E2C64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.140 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C64F
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -3.40, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 61.32, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0143 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.14 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9718, 57.1241, 15.6315)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C64F #4F6BE2

analogous

#E27C4F #E2C64F #B5E24F

triadic

#E2C64F #4FE2C6 #C64FE2

tetradic

#E2C64F #4FE27C #4F6BE2 #E24FB5

square

#E2C64F #4FE27C #4F6BE2 #E24FB5

split-complementary

#E2C64F #4FB5E2 #7C4FE2

monochromatic

#9D841A #D1B022 #E2C64F #EBD784 #F3E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E2C64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C64F

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C64F	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)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.140 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd786',
    500: '#e2c64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c64f;
$custom-light: #efd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82863,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C64F

secondary

#3549A0

accent

#5CEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C64F

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