#E2C74B#E2C74B

#E2C74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C74B
RGB	rgb(226, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -4.14, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 63.26, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0169 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0599, 57.5262, 14.9641)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C74B #4B66E2

analogous

#E27C4B #E2C74B #B1E24B

triadic

#E2C74B #4BE2C7 #C74BE2

tetradic

#E2C74B #4BE27C #4B66E2 #E24BB1

square

#E2C74B #4BE27C #4B66E2 #E24BB1

split-complementary

#E2C74B #4BB1E2 #7C4BE2

monochromatic

#9A8319 #CFB021 #E2C74B #EAD780 #F3E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E2C74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E2C74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C74B

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C74B	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)

#DAC33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd783',
    500: '#e2c74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c74b;
$custom-light: #efd783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83031,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C74B

secondary

#34479E

accent

#59EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C74B

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

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