#E2C650#E2C650

#E2C650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C650
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -3.34, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 60.90, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0141 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0085, 57.1387, 15.8246)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C650 #506CE2

analogous

#E27D50 #E2C650 #B5E250

triadic

#E2C650 #50E2C6 #C650E2

tetradic

#E2C650 #50E27D #506CE2 #E250B5

square

#E2C650 #50E27D #506CE2 #E250B5

split-complementary

#E2C650 #50B5E2 #7D50E2

monochromatic

#9E841A #D2B023 #E2C650 #EBD784 #F3E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E2C650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C650

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C650	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd786',
    500: '#e2c650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c650;
$custom-light: #efd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82872,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C650

secondary

#354AA1

accent

#5CEE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C650

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

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