#E2C749#E2C749

#E2C749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.145 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C749
RGB	rgb(226, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -4.25, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 64.06, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0175 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.145 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9926, 57.4993, 14.6092)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C749 #4964E2

analogous

#E27A49 #E2C749 #B0E249

triadic

#E2C749 #49E2C7 #C749E2

tetradic

#E2C749 #49E27A #4964E2 #E249B0

square

#E2C749 #49E27A #4964E2 #E249B0

split-complementary

#E2C749 #49B0E2 #7A49E2

monochromatic

#988218 #CDAF21 #E2C749 #EAD77E #F3E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E2C749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E2C749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C749

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C749	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.145 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd782',
    500: '#e2c749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c749;
$custom-light: #efd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83014,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C749

secondary

#33469C

accent

#59EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C749

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

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