#E2C260#E2C260

#E2C260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.123 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C260
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -0.20, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 52.66, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0031 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.123 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7694, 55.5995, 19.0163)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C260 #6080E2

analogous

#E28160 #E2C260 #C1E260

triadic

#E2C260 #60E2C2 #C260E2

tetradic

#E2C260 #60E281 #6080E2 #E260C1

square

#E2C260 #60E281 #6080E2 #E260C1

split-complementary

#E2C260 #60C1E2 #8160E2

monochromatic

#A9871F #D9AE2C #E2C260 #EBD694 #F5EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E2C260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C260

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C260	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.123 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed490',
    500: '#e2c260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c260;
$custom-light: #eed490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82231,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C260

secondary

#3B57AB

accent

#43D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C260

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

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