#E2C666#E2C666

#E2C666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.120 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C666
RGB	rgb(226, 198, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 54.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -1.81, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 51.12, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0071 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.12 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9585, 57.5187, 20.8278)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C666 #6682E2

analogous

#E28866 #E2C666 #C0E266

triadic

#E2C666 #66E2C6 #C666E2

tetradic

#E2C666 #66E288 #6682E2 #E266C0

square

#E2C666 #66E288 #6682E2 #E266C0

split-complementary

#E2C666 #66C0E2 #8866E2

monochromatic

#AD8D21 #D8B333 #E2C666 #ECD999 #F6ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E2C666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E2C666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C666

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C666	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 198, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.120 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed794',
    500: '#e2c666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c666;
$custom-light: #eed794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83109,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C666

secondary

#3E57AE

accent

#40D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C666

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

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