#E2C65A#E2C65A

#E2C65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.131 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C65A
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 60.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -2.70, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 56.58, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0111 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.131 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4059, 57.2977, 17.9174)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C65A #5A76E2

analogous

#E2825A #E2C65A #BAE25A

triadic

#E2C65A #5AE2C6 #C65AE2

tetradic

#E2C65A #5AE282 #5A76E2 #E25ABA

square

#E2C65A #5AE282 #5A76E2 #E25ABA

split-complementary

#E2C65A #5ABAE2 #825AE2

monochromatic

#A5891D #D9B426 #E2C65A #EBD88E #F4EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#E2C65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C65A

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C65A	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.131 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78c',
    500: '#e2c65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c65a;
$custom-light: #eed78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82971,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C65A

secondary

#3950A7

accent

#3BD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C65A

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

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