#E2C94B#E2C94B

#E2C94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C94B
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -5.17, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 63.87, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0199 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5231, 58.4526, 15.1185)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C94B #4B64E2

analogous

#E27E4B #E2C94B #B0E24B

triadic

#E2C94B #4BE2C9 #C94BE2

tetradic

#E2C94B #4BE27E #4B64E2 #E24BB0

square

#E2C94B #4BE27E #4B64E2 #E24BB0

split-complementary

#E2C94B #4BB0E2 #7E4BE2

monochromatic

#9A8419 #CFB221 #E2C94B #EAD980 #F3E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E2C94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C94B

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C94B	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd984',
    500: '#e2c94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c94b;
$custom-light: #efd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83439,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C94B

secondary

#34459E

accent

#57EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C94B

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

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