#E2C862#E2C862

#E2C862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.125 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C862
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -3.15, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 53.61, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0114 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.125 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2251, 58.3616, 19.9616)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C862 #627CE2

analogous

#E28862 #E2C862 #BCE262

triadic

#E2C862 #62E2C8 #C862E2

tetradic

#E2C862 #62E288 #627CE2 #E262BC

square

#E2C862 #62E288 #627CE2 #E262BC

split-complementary

#E2C862 #62BCE2 #8862E2

monochromatic

#AA8E1F #D8B62E #E2C862 #ECDA96 #F5ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2C862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E2C862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C862

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C862	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.125 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed892',
    500: '#e2c862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c862;
$custom-light: #eed892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83465,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C862

secondary

#3C53AC

accent

#3BD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C862

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

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