#E2C845#E2C845

#E2C845 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.148 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C845
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -4.97, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 65.92, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.02 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.148 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0950, 57.9096, 14.0101)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C845 #455FE2

analogous

#E27A45 #E2C845 #ADE245

triadic

#E2C845 #45E2C8 #C845E2

tetradic

#E2C845 #45E27A #455FE2 #E245AD

square

#E2C845 #45E27A #455FE2 #E245AD

split-complementary

#E2C845 #45ADE2 #7A45E2

monochromatic

#958017 #CAAE20 #E2C845 #EAD87A #F3E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E2C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E2C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C845

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C845	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.148 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd880',
    500: '#e2c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c845;
$custom-light: #efd880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.064,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83186,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C845

secondary

#32439A

accent

#56F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C845

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

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