#E2C949#E2C949

#E2C949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.146 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C949
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -5.28, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 64.67, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0204 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.146 98)
XYZ	xyz(53.4557, 58.4257, 14.7636)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C949 #4962E2

analogous

#E27C49 #E2C949 #AEE249

triadic

#E2C949 #49E2C9 #C949E2

tetradic

#E2C949 #49E27C #4962E2 #E249AE

square

#E2C949 #49E27C #4962E2 #E249AE

split-complementary

#E2C949 #49AEE2 #7C49E2

monochromatic

#988318 #CDB121 #E2C949 #EAD97E #F3E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E2C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C949

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C949	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.146 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd982',
    500: '#e2c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c949;
$custom-light: #efd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83422,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.58423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C949

secondary

#33449C

accent

#56EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C949

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

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