#E2C366#E2C366

#E2C366 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.118 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C366
RGB	rgb(226, 195, 102)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 54.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -0.26, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 50.19, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0026 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.118 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2796, 56.1609, 20.6015)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C366 #6685E2

analogous

#E28566 #E2C366 #C3E266

triadic

#E2C366 #66E2C3 #C366E2

tetradic

#E2C366 #66E285 #6685E2 #E266C3

square

#E2C366 #66E285 #6685E2 #E266C3

split-complementary

#E2C366 #66C3E2 #8566E2

monochromatic

#AD8A21 #D8AF33 #E2C366 #ECD799 #F6EBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E2C366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E2C366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C366

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C366	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 195, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.118 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed494',
    500: '#e2c366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c366;
$custom-light: #eed494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82504,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C366

secondary

#3E5AAE

accent

#44D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C366

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

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