#E2C869#E2C869

#E2C869 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.119 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C869
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 53.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -2.60, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 50.37, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.009 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.119 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5701, 58.4997, 21.7790)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C869 #6983E2

analogous

#E28B69 #E2C869 #C0E269

triadic

#E2C869 #69E2C8 #C869E2

tetradic

#E2C869 #69E28B #6983E2 #E269C0

square

#E2C869 #69E28B #6983E2 #E269C0

split-complementary

#E2C869 #69C0E2 #8B69E2

monochromatic

#AF9122 #D8B536 #E2C869 #ECDB9C #F6EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E2C869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C869

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C869	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.119 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed896',
    500: '#e2c869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c869;
$custom-light: #eed896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 67.598,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8355,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C869

secondary

#3F57B0

accent

#3ED016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C869

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

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