#E2D162#E2D162

#E2D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D162
RGB	rgb(226, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.26, -7.75, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.26, 56.71, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0247 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3711, 62.6537, 20.6769)
Luminance	0.6265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D162 #6273E2

analogous

#E29162 #E2D162 #B3E262

triadic

#E2D162 #62E2D1 #D162E2

tetradic

#E2D162 #62E291 #6273E2 #E262B3

square

#E2D162 #62E291 #6273E2 #E262B3

split-complementary

#E2D162 #62B3E2 #9162E2

monochromatic

#AA981F #D8C22E #E2D162 #ECE096 #F5EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E2D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#E2D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D162

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D162	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eede92',
    500: '#e2d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d162;
$custom-light: #eede92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85303,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D162

secondary

#3C4BAC

accent

#2ED115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D162

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

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