#E2C94F#E2C94F

#E2C94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C94F
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -4.94, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 62.24, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0188 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6644, 58.5091, 15.8623)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C94F #4F68E2

analogous

#E2804F #E2C94F #B1E24F

triadic

#E2C94F #4FE2C9 #C94FE2

tetradic

#E2C94F #4FE280 #4F68E2 #E24FB1

square

#E2C94F #4FE280 #4F68E2 #E24FB1

split-complementary

#E2C94F #4FB1E2 #804FE2

monochromatic

#9D871A #D1B422 #E2C94F #EBD984 #F3E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E2C94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C94F

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C94F	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd986',
    500: '#e2c94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c94f;
$custom-light: #efd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83473,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C94F

secondary

#3547A0

accent

#58EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C94F

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

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