#E2C931#E2C931

#E2C931 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.160 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C931
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -6.33, 72.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 73.10, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0258 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.16 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8078, 58.1665, 11.3508)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C931 #314AE2

analogous

#E27131 #E2C931 #A3E231

triadic

#E2C931 #31E2C9 #C931E2

tetradic

#E2C931 #31E271 #314AE2 #E231A3

square

#E2C931 #31E271 #314AE2 #E231A3

split-complementary

#E2C931 #31A3E2 #7131E2

monochromatic

#867613 #BBA51A #E2C931 #EAD767 #F1E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#E2C931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C931

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C931	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.160 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d976',
    500: '#e2c931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c931;
$custom-light: #f0d976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.525,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83263,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C931

secondary

#2B398C

accent

#50F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C931

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

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