#E2C362#E2C362

#E2C362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.122 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C362
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -0.57, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 52.04, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.004 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.122 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0860, 56.0834, 19.5819)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C362 #6281E2

analogous

#E28362 #E2C362 #C1E262

triadic

#E2C362 #62E2C3 #C362E2

tetradic

#E2C362 #62E283 #6281E2 #E262C1

square

#E2C362 #62E283 #6281E2 #E262C1

split-complementary

#E2C362 #62C1E2 #8362E2

monochromatic

#AA891F #D8AF2E #E2C362 #ECD796 #F5EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E2C362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C362

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C362	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.122 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed491',
    500: '#e2c362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c362;
$custom-light: #eed491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82456,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C362

secondary

#3C57AC

accent

#42D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C362

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

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