#E2C461#E2C461

#E2C461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.123 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C461
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -1.16, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 52.81, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0058 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.123 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2638, 56.5143, 19.4097)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C461 #617FE2

analogous

#E28361 #E2C461 #BFE261

triadic

#E2C461 #61E2C4 #C461E2

tetradic

#E2C461 #61E283 #617FE2 #E261BF

square

#E2C461 #61E283 #617FE2 #E261BF

split-complementary

#E2C461 #61BFE2 #8361E2

monochromatic

#A9891F #D9B12D #E2C461 #EBD795 #F5EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E2C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C461

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C461	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)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.123 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed591',
    500: '#e2c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c461;
$custom-light: #eed591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82645,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C461

secondary

#3C56AB

accent

#40D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C461

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

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