#E2C968#E2C968

#E2C968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.121 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C968
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 54%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -3.20, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 51.17, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0109 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.121 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7514, 58.9439, 21.5874)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C968 #6881E2

analogous

#E28C68 #E2C968 #BEE268

triadic

#E2C968 #68E2C9 #C968E2

tetradic

#E2C968 #68E28C #6881E2 #E268BE

square

#E2C968 #68E28C #6881E2 #E268BE

split-complementary

#E2C968 #68BEE2 #8C68E2

monochromatic

#AE9121 #D8B735 #E2C968 #ECDB9B #F6EECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2C968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E2C968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C968

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C968	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.121 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed996',
    500: '#e2c968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c968;
$custom-light: #eed996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8374,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C968

secondary

#3F56B0

accent

#3CD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C968

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

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