#E2C364#E2C364

#E2C364 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C364
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 100)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 55.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -0.41, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 51.12, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0033 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1816, 56.1217, 20.0854)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C364 #6483E2

analogous

#E28464 #E2C364 #C2E264

triadic

#E2C364 #64E2C3 #C364E2

tetradic

#E2C364 #64E284 #6483E2 #E264C2

square

#E2C364 #64E284 #6483E2 #E264C2

split-complementary

#E2C364 #64C2E2 #8464E2

monochromatic

#AC8920 #D8AF30 #E2C364 #ECD798 #F5EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C364 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E2C364 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C364

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C364	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C364	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)

#D5C05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c364;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed493',
    500: '#e2c364',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c364;
$custom-light: #eed493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c364",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 68.478,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8248,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C364

secondary

#3D59AD

accent

#43D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C364

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

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