#E2C561#E2C561

#E2C561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.124 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C561
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -1.68, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 53.12, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0073 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.124 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4902, 56.9669, 19.4851)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C561 #617EE2

analogous

#E28461 #E2C561 #BEE261

triadic

#E2C561 #61E2C5 #C561E2

tetradic

#E2C561 #61E284 #617EE2 #E261BE

square

#E2C561 #61E284 #617EE2 #E261BE

split-complementary

#E2C561 #61BEE2 #8461E2

monochromatic

#A98A1F #D9B22D #E2C561 #EBD895 #F5EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E2C561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C561

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C561	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.124 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed691',
    500: '#e2c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c561;
$custom-light: #eed691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82847,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C561

secondary

#3C55AB

accent

#3FD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C561

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

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