#E2C970#E2C970

#E2C970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.113 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2C970
RGB	rgb(226, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 50.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -2.53, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 47.39, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.008 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.113 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1772, 59.1142, 23.8299)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2C970 #7089E2

analogous

#E29070 #E2C970 #C2E270

triadic

#E2C970 #70E2C9 #C970E2

tetradic

#E2C970 #70E290 #7089E2 #E270C2

square

#E2C970 #70E290 #7089E2 #E270C2

split-complementary

#E2C970 #70C2E2 #9070E2

monochromatic

#B39424 #D8B63D #E2C970 #ECDCA3 #F7EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2C970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E2C970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2C970

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2C970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2C970	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2c970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.113 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd99b',
    500: '#e2c970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2c970;
$custom-light: #edd99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2c970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.842,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83845,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2C970

secondary

#425BB4

accent

#3FCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2C970

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

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