#E2C65D#E2C65D

#E2C65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.128 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C65D
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 58.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -2.49, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 55.24, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0101 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.128 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5362, 57.3498, 18.6035)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C65D #5D79E2

analogous

#E2835D #E2C65D #BCE25D

triadic

#E2C65D #5DE2C6 #C65DE2

tetradic

#E2C65D #5DE283 #5D79E2 #E25DBC

square

#E2C65D #5DE283 #5D79E2 #E25DBC

split-complementary

#E2C65D #5DBCE2 #835DE2

monochromatic

#A78A1E #D9B429 #E2C65D #EBD891 #F5EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E2C65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E2C65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C65D

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C65D	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.128 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed78e',
    500: '#e2c65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c65d;
$custom-light: #eed78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83003,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C65D

secondary

#3A52A9

accent

#3CD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C65D

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

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