#E2C831#E2C831

#E2C831 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.159 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C831
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -5.82, 72.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 72.82, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0243 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.159 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5754, 57.7018, 11.2734)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C831 #314BE2

analogous

#E27031 #E2C831 #A4E231

triadic

#E2C831 #31E2C8 #C831E2

tetradic

#E2C831 #31E270 #314BE2 #E231A4

square

#E2C831 #31E270 #314BE2 #E231A4

split-complementary

#E2C831 #31A4E2 #7031E2

monochromatic

#867513 #BBA41A #E2C831 #EAD667 #F1E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E2C831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E2C831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C831

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C831	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.159 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d876',
    500: '#e2c831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c831;
$custom-light: #f0d876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.186,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83057,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C831

secondary

#2B398C

accent

#52F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C831

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →