#E2C563#E2C563

#E2C563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.122 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C563
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 56.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -1.53, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 52.20, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0066 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.122 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5846, 57.0047, 19.9825)
Luminance	0.5700 (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

#E2C563 #6380E2

analogous

#E28563 #E2C563 #BFE263

triadic

#E2C563 #63E2C5 #C563E2

tetradic

#E2C563 #63E285 #6380E2 #E263BF

square

#E2C563 #63E285 #6380E2 #E263BF

split-complementary

#E2C563 #63BFE2 #8563E2

monochromatic

#AB8B20 #D8B22F #E2C563 #ECD897 #F5EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E2C563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C563

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C563	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)

#D7C25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.122 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed692',
    500: '#e2c563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c563;
$custom-light: #eed692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 68.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8287,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C563

secondary

#3D56AD

accent

#40D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C563

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

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