#E2C962#E2C962

#E2C962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C962
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -3.67, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 53.94, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0129 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.126 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4574, 58.8263, 20.0390)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C962 #627BE2

analogous

#E28962 #E2C962 #BBE262

triadic

#E2C962 #62E2C9 #C962E2

tetradic

#E2C962 #62E289 #627BE2 #E262BB

square

#E2C962 #62E289 #627BE2 #E262BB

split-complementary

#E2C962 #62BBE2 #8962E2

monochromatic

#AA8F1F #D8B72E #E2C962 #ECDB96 #F5EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2C962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E2C962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C962

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C962	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)

#DBC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed992',
    500: '#e2c962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c962;
$custom-light: #eed992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83668,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C962

secondary

#3C52AC

accent

#39D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C962

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

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