#E2C945#E2C945

#E2C945 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.149 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C945
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -5.48, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 66.22, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0214 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.149 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.3274, 58.3743, 14.0875)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C945 #455EE2

analogous

#E27B45 #E2C945 #ACE245

triadic

#E2C945 #45E2C9 #C945E2

tetradic

#E2C945 #45E27B #455EE2 #E245AC

square

#E2C945 #45E27B #455EE2 #E245AC

split-complementary

#E2C945 #45ACE2 #7B45E2

monochromatic

#958117 #CAAF20 #E2C945 #EAD87A #F3E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E2C945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C945

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C945	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.149 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd980',
    500: '#e2c945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c945;
$custom-light: #efd980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.446,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83391,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C945

secondary

#32429A

accent

#55F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C945

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

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