#E2C95D#E2C95D

#E2C95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.131 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C95D
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -4.03, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 56.20, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0145 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.131 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2287, 58.7348, 18.8343)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C95D #5D76E2

analogous

#E2875D #E2C95D #B8E25D

triadic

#E2C95D #5DE2C9 #C95DE2

tetradic

#E2C95D #5DE287 #5D76E2 #E25DB8

square

#E2C95D #5DE287 #5D76E2 #E25DB8

split-complementary

#E2C95D #5DB8E2 #875DE2

monochromatic

#A78D1E #D9B829 #E2C95D #EBDA91 #F5ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E2C95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C95D

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C95D	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.131 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed98e',
    500: '#e2c95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c95d;
$custom-light: #eed98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83612,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C95D

secondary

#3A4FA9

accent

#38D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C95D

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

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