#E2C86D#E2C86D

#E2C86D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.115 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C86D
RGB	rgb(226, 200, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 51.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -2.27, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 48.49, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0076 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.115 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7806, 58.5838, 22.8873)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C86D #6D87E2

analogous

#E28D6D #E2C86D #C1E26D

triadic

#E2C86D #6DE2C8 #C86DE2

tetradic

#E2C86D #6DE28D #6D87E2 #E26DC1

square

#E2C86D #6DE28D #6D87E2 #E26DC1

split-complementary

#E2C86D #6DC1E2 #8D6DE2

monochromatic

#B19223 #D8B53A #E2C86D #ECDBA0 #F6EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E2C86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C86D

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C86D	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 200, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.115 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd899',
    500: '#e2c86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c86d;
$custom-light: #edd899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 66.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83602,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C86D

secondary

#415AB3

accent

#40CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C86D

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

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