#E2C660#E2C660
#E2C660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.126 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C660 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 198, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 57.5%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.41, -2.27, 53.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.41, 53.89, 92.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.04% -0.0091 0.1253) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.04% 0.126 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.6716, 57.4040, 19.3171) |
| Luminance | 0.5740 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.97
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.09
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.35
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.86
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.67
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C660 #607CE2
analogous
#E28560 #E2C660 #BDE260
triadic
#E2C660 #60E2C6 #C660E2
tetradic
#E2C660 #60E285 #607CE2 #E260BD
square
#E2C660 #60E285 #607CE2 #E260BD
split-complementary
#E2C660 #60BDE2 #8560E2
monochromatic
#A98B1F #D9B32C #E2C660 #EBD994 #F5EBC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#E2C660 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.48
#E2C660 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C660
12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C660 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C660 | 1.00 | 1.68 | 12.48 | 12.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C356
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCB64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2B9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c660; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.126 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed790',
500: '#e2c660',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c660; $custom-light: #eed790; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c660",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 198,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.077,
"s": 69.149,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83037,
"c": 0.12561,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.57401
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C660
secondary
#3B53AB
accent
#3DD114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F