#E2C262#E2C262

#E2C262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.121 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C262
RGB	rgb(226, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -0.05, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 51.75, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0024 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.121 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8627, 55.6368, 19.5075)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C262 #6282E2

analogous

#E28262 #E2C262 #C2E262

triadic

#E2C262 #62E2C2 #C262E2

tetradic

#E2C262 #62E282 #6282E2 #E262C2

square

#E2C262 #62E282 #6282E2 #E262C2

split-complementary

#E2C262 #62C2E2 #8262E2

monochromatic

#AA871F #D8AE2E #E2C262 #ECD696 #F5EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E2C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#E2C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C262

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C262	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.121 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed491',
    500: '#e2c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c262;
$custom-light: #eed491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82255,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C262

secondary

#3C58AC

accent

#44D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C262

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

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