#E2C74F#E2C74F

#E2C74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C74F
RGB	rgb(226, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 65%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -3.91, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 61.62, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0158 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2012, 57.5827, 15.7079)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C74F #4F6AE2

analogous

#E27E4F #E2C74F #B3E24F

triadic

#E2C74F #4FE2C7 #C74FE2

tetradic

#E2C74F #4FE27E #4F6AE2 #E24FB3

square

#E2C74F #4FE27E #4F6AE2 #E24FB3

split-complementary

#E2C74F #4FB3E2 #7E4FE2

monochromatic

#9D851A #D1B122 #E2C74F #EBD884 #F3E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E2C74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E2C74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C74F

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C74F	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd786',
    500: '#e2c74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c74f;
$custom-light: #efd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83066,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C74F

secondary

#3549A0

accent

#5BEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C74F

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

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