#E2D960#E2D960

#E2D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.142 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D960
RGB	rgb(226, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -11.93, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 60.59, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0368 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.142 105)
XYZ	xyz(58.2901, 66.6409, 20.8566)
Luminance	0.6664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D960 #6069E2

analogous

#E29860 #E2D960 #AAE260

triadic

#E2D960 #60E2D9 #D960E2

tetradic

#E2D960 #60E298 #6069E2 #E260AA

square

#E2D960 #60E298 #6069E2 #E260AA

split-complementary

#E2D960 #60AAE2 #9860E2

monochromatic

#A99F1F #D9CD2C #E2D960 #EBE594 #F5F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E2D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#E2D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D960

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D960	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.142 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee491',
    500: '#e2d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d960;
$custom-light: #eee491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86935,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.66639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D960

secondary

#3B43AB

accent

#21D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D960

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

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