#E2C462#E2C462

#E2C462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.122 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C462
RGB	rgb(226, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -1.09, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 52.35, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0054 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.122 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3108, 56.5330, 19.6568)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C462 #6280E2

analogous

#E28462 #E2C462 #C0E262

triadic

#E2C462 #62E2C4 #C462E2

tetradic

#E2C462 #62E284 #6280E2 #E262C0

square

#E2C462 #62E284 #6280E2 #E262C0

split-complementary

#E2C462 #62C0E2 #8462E2

monochromatic

#AA8A1F #D8B12E #E2C462 #ECD796 #F5EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E2C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E2C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C462

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C462	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.122 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed591',
    500: '#e2c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c462;
$custom-light: #eed591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82657,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C462

secondary

#3C56AC

accent

#41D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C462

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

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