#E2C361#E2C361

#E2C361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C361
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -0.64, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 52.50, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0043 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.123 92)
XYZ	xyz(53.0390, 56.0647, 19.3348)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C361 #6180E2

analogous

#E28261 #E2C361 #C1E261

triadic

#E2C361 #61E2C3 #C361E2

tetradic

#E2C361 #61E282 #6180E2 #E261C1

square

#E2C361 #61E282 #6180E2 #E261C1

split-complementary

#E2C361 #61C1E2 #8261E2

monochromatic

#A9881F #D9AF2D #E2C361 #EBD795 #F5EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E2C361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C361

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C361	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed491',
    500: '#e2c361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c361;
$custom-light: #eed491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82444,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C361

secondary

#3C57AB

accent

#42D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C361

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

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