#E2C560#E2C560

#E2C560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.125 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C560
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -1.75, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 53.57, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0076 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.125 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4438, 56.9484, 19.2411)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C560 #607DE2

analogous

#E28460 #E2C560 #BEE260

triadic

#E2C560 #60E2C5 #C560E2

tetradic

#E2C560 #60E284 #607DE2 #E260BE

square

#E2C560 #60E284 #607DE2 #E260BE

split-complementary

#E2C560 #60BEE2 #8460E2

monochromatic

#A98A1F #D9B22C #E2C560 #EBD894 #F5EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E2C560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E2C560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C560

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C560	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.125 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed690',
    500: '#e2c560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c560;
$custom-light: #eed690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82835,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C560

secondary

#3B54AB

accent

#3ED114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C560

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

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