#E2C569#E2C569

#E2C569 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.117 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C569
RGB	rgb(226, 197, 105)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 53.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -1.05, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 49.40, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0045 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.117 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8822, 57.1237, 21.5497)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C569 #6986E2

analogous

#E28969 #E2C569 #C2E269

triadic

#E2C569 #69E2C5 #C569E2

tetradic

#E2C569 #69E289 #6986E2 #E269C2

square

#E2C569 #69E289 #6986E2 #E269C2

split-complementary

#E2C569 #69C2E2 #8969E2

monochromatic

#AF8D22 #D8B136 #E2C569 #ECD99C #F6EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E2C569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C569

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C569	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 197, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.117 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed696',
    500: '#e2c569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c569;
$custom-light: #eed696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 67.598,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82945,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C569

secondary

#3F5AB0

accent

#42D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C569

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

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