#E2C950#E2C950

#E2C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C950
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -4.88, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 61.82, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0185 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7010, 58.5238, 16.0555)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C950 #5069E2

analogous

#E28050 #E2C950 #B2E250

triadic

#E2C950 #50E2C9 #C950E2

tetradic

#E2C950 #50E280 #5069E2 #E250B2

square

#E2C950 #50E280 #5069E2 #E250B2

split-complementary

#E2C950 #50B2E2 #8050E2

monochromatic

#9E871A #D2B423 #E2C950 #EBD984 #F3E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E2C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C950

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C950	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)

#DCC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed986',
    500: '#e2c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c950;
$custom-light: #eed986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83482,
    "c": 0.141,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C950

secondary

#3548A1

accent

#58EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C950

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

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