#E2C731#E2C731

#E2C731 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.159 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C731
RGB	rgb(226, 199, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -5.31, 72.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 72.55, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0229 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.159 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3446, 57.2401, 11.1965)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C731 #314CE2

analogous

#E26F31 #E2C731 #A5E231

triadic

#E2C731 #31E2C7 #C731E2

tetradic

#E2C731 #31E26F #314CE2 #E231A5

square

#E2C731 #31E26F #314CE2 #E231A5

split-complementary

#E2C731 #31A5E2 #6F31E2

monochromatic

#867413 #BBA31A #E2C731 #EAD667 #F1E49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E2C731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C731

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C731	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.159 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d776',
    500: '#e2c731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c731;
$custom-light: #f0d776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82853,
    "c": 0.15869,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C731

secondary

#2B3A8C

accent

#53F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C731

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

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