#E2C261#E2C261

#E2C261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.122 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C261
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -0.12, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 52.21, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0028 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.122 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8157, 55.6181, 19.2603)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C261 #6181E2

analogous

#E28161 #E2C261 #C2E261

triadic

#E2C261 #61E2C2 #C261E2

tetradic

#E2C261 #61E281 #6181E2 #E261C2

square

#E2C261 #61E281 #6181E2 #E261C2

split-complementary

#E2C261 #61C2E2 #8161E2

monochromatic

#A9871F #D9AE2D #E2C261 #EBD695 #F5EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E2C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C261

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C261	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)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.122 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed491',
    500: '#e2c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c261;
$custom-light: #eed491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82243,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C261

secondary

#3C57AB

accent

#43D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C261

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

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