#E2C849#E2C849

#E2C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.145 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C849
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -4.76, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 64.36, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0189 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.145 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2234, 57.9610, 14.6862)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C849 #4963E2

analogous

#E27B49 #E2C849 #AFE249

triadic

#E2C849 #49E2C8 #C849E2

tetradic

#E2C849 #49E27B #4963E2 #E249AF

square

#E2C849 #49E27B #4963E2 #E249AF

split-complementary

#E2C849 #49AFE2 #7B49E2

monochromatic

#988318 #CDB021 #E2C849 #EAD87E #F3E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E2C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E2C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C849

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C849	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.145 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd882',
    500: '#e2c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c849;
$custom-light: #efd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83218,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C849

secondary

#33459C

accent

#58EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C849

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

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