#E2C562#E2C562

#E2C562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.123 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C562
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -1.60, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 52.66, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0069 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.123 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5371, 56.9857, 19.7323)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C562 #627FE2

analogous

#E28562 #E2C562 #BFE262

triadic

#E2C562 #62E2C5 #C562E2

tetradic

#E2C562 #62E285 #627FE2 #E262BF

square

#E2C562 #62E285 #627FE2 #E262BF

split-complementary

#E2C562 #62BFE2 #8562E2

monochromatic

#AA8B1F #D8B22E #E2C562 #ECD896 #F5EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E2C562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C562

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C562	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.123 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed691',
    500: '#e2c562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c562;
$custom-light: #eed691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82858,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C562

secondary

#3C56AC

accent

#3FD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C562

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

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