#E2C65B#E2C65B

#E2C65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.130 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C65B
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 59.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -2.63, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 56.14, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0107 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.13 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4487, 57.3148, 18.1430)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C65B #5B77E2

analogous

#E2835B #E2C65B #BAE25B

triadic

#E2C65B #5BE2C6 #C65BE2

tetradic

#E2C65B #5BE283 #5B77E2 #E25BBA

square

#E2C65B #5BE283 #5B77E2 #E25BBA

split-complementary

#E2C65B #5BBAE2 #835BE2

monochromatic

#A5891D #D9B427 #E2C65B #EBD88F #F4EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E2C65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#E2C65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C65B

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C65B	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)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.130 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78d',
    500: '#e2c65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c65b;
$custom-light: #eed78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82982,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C65B

secondary

#3950A8

accent

#3BD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C65B

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

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