#E2D862#E2D862

#E2D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.139 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D862
RGB	rgb(226, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -11.28, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 59.33, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0348 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.139 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1264, 66.1643, 21.2620)
Luminance	0.6616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D862 #626CE2

analogous

#E29862 #E2D862 #ACE262

triadic

#E2D862 #62E2D8 #D862E2

tetradic

#E2D862 #62E298 #626CE2 #E262AC

square

#E2D862 #62E298 #626CE2 #E262AC

split-complementary

#E2D862 #62ACE2 #9862E2

monochromatic

#AA9F1F #D8CB2E #E2D862 #ECE596 #F5F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E2D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#E2D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D862

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D862	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.139 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee392',
    500: '#e2d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d862;
$custom-light: #eee392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86749,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D862

secondary

#3C45AC

accent

#23D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D862

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

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