#E2C76E#E2C76E
#E2C76E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.113 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2C76E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 199, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 67%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 51%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 51.3%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.82, -1.67, 47.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.82, 47.68, 92.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.41% -0.0058 0.1132) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.41% 0.113 92.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6039, 58.1438, 23.0955) |
| Luminance | 0.5814 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.28
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.57
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.22
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.31
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.35
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 6.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2C76E #6E89E2
analogous
#E28D6E #E2C76E #C3E26E
triadic
#E2C76E #6EE2C7 #C76EE2
tetradic
#E2C76E #6EE28D #6E89E2 #E26EC3
square
#E2C76E #6EE28D #6E89E2 #E26EC3
split-complementary
#E2C76E #6EC3E2 #8D6EE2
monochromatic
#B29124 #D8B33B #E2C76E #ECDBA1 #F6EED4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E2C76E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.63
#E2C76E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2C76E
12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2C76E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2C76E | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.63 | 12.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C466
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCC71
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F1BBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2c76e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 199, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.113 92.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edd799',
500: '#e2c76e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2c76e; $custom-light: #edd799; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2c76e",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 199,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.034,
"s": 66.667,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83414,
"c": 0.11336,
"h": 92.9
},
"luminance": 0.58141
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2C76E
secondary
#415CB3
accent
#42CF17
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F