#E2C460#E2C460

#E2C460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.124 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C460
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -1.24, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 53.26, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0061 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.124 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2175, 56.4957, 19.1657)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C460 #607EE2

analogous

#E28360 #E2C460 #BFE260

triadic

#E2C460 #60E2C4 #C460E2

tetradic

#E2C460 #60E283 #607EE2 #E260BF

square

#E2C460 #60E283 #607EE2 #E260BF

split-complementary

#E2C460 #60BFE2 #8360E2

monochromatic

#A9891F #D9B12C #E2C460 #EBD794 #F5EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E2C460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C460

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C460	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.124 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed590',
    500: '#e2c460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c460;
$custom-light: #eed590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82633,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C460

secondary

#3B55AB

accent

#40D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C460

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

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