#E2C960#E2C960

#E2C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.128 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C960
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -3.82, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 54.85, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0136 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.128 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3642, 58.7890, 19.5479)
Luminance	0.5879 (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

#E2C960 #6079E2

analogous

#E28860 #E2C960 #BAE260

triadic

#E2C960 #60E2C9 #C960E2

tetradic

#E2C960 #60E288 #6079E2 #E260BA

square

#E2C960 #60E288 #6079E2 #E260BA

split-complementary

#E2C960 #60BAE2 #8860E2

monochromatic

#A98E1F #D9B72C #E2C960 #EBDB94 #F5ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E2C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C960

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C960	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.128 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed990',
    500: '#e2c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c960;
$custom-light: #eed990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83645,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C960

secondary

#3B51AB

accent

#39D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C960

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

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