#E2C663#E2C663
#E2C663 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.123 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C663 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 198, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 69%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 56%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 56.2%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.44, -2.04, 52.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.44, 52.51, 92.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.07% -0.0081 0.1227) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.07% 0.123 93.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.8124, 57.4603, 20.0584) |
| Luminance | 0.5746 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.61
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.33
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.50
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.79
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.58
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C663 #637FE2
analogous
#E28663 #E2C663 #BEE263
triadic
#E2C663 #63E2C6 #C663E2
tetradic
#E2C663 #63E286 #637FE2 #E263BE
square
#E2C663 #63E286 #637FE2 #E263BE
split-complementary
#E2C663 #63BEE2 #8663E2
monochromatic
#AB8C20 #D8B32F #E2C663 #ECD997 #F5ECCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#E2C663 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.49
#E2C663 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C663
12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C663 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C663 | 1.00 | 1.68 | 12.49 | 12.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C35A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCB67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2B9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c663; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.123 93.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed792',
500: '#e2c663',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c663; $custom-light: #eed792; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c663",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 198,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.772,
"s": 68.649,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83072,
"c": 0.12294,
"h": 93.8
},
"luminance": 0.57458
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C663
secondary
#3D55AD
accent
#3ED115
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F