#E2C74E#E2C74E

#E2C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.141 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C74E
RGB	rgb(226, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -3.97, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 62.03, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0161 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.141 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1650, 57.5683, 15.5177)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C74E #4E69E2

analogous

#E27D4E #E2C74E #B3E24E

triadic

#E2C74E #4EE2C7 #C74EE2

tetradic

#E2C74E #4EE27D #4E69E2 #E24EB3

square

#E2C74E #4EE27D #4E69E2 #E24EB3

split-complementary

#E2C74E #4EB3E2 #7D4EE2

monochromatic

#9C841A #D1B122 #E2C74E #EBD883 #F3E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E2C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E2C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C74E

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C74E	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.141 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd785',
    500: '#e2c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c74e;
$custom-light: #efd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83057,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C74E

secondary

#35489F

accent

#5AEF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C74E

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

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