#E2C565#E2C565

#E2C565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.120 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C565
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 55.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -1.37, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 51.27, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0059 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.12 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6814, 57.0434, 20.4923)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C565 #6582E2

analogous

#E28765 #E2C565 #C1E265

triadic

#E2C565 #65E2C5 #C565E2

tetradic

#E2C565 #65E287 #6582E2 #E265C1

square

#E2C565 #65E287 #6582E2 #E265C1

split-complementary

#E2C565 #65C1E2 #8765E2

monochromatic

#AC8C20 #D8B231 #E2C565 #ECD899 #F5ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E2C565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C565

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C565	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.120 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed693',
    500: '#e2c565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c565;
$custom-light: #eed693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82895,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C565

secondary

#3D57AE

accent

#41D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C565

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

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