#E0C262#E0C262

#E0C262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.121 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0C262
RGB	rgb(224, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 56.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -0.88, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 51.49, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0047 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.121 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2390, 55.3153, 19.4782)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0C262 #6280E0

analogous

#E08362 #E0C262 #BFE062

triadic

#E0C262 #62E0C2 #C262E0

tetradic

#E0C262 #62E083 #6280E0 #E062BF

square

#E0C262 #62E083 #6280E0 #E062BF

split-complementary

#E0C262 #62BFE0 #8362E0

monochromatic

#A78721 #D6AE2F #E0C262 #EAD695 #F4EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E0C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E0C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0C262

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0C262	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.121 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd491',
    500: '#e0c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0c262;
$custom-light: #ecd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 67.021,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82066,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0C262

secondary

#3D57A9

accent

#42CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0C262

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

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