#E0CA46#E0CA46

#E0CA46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.149 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CA46
RGB	rgb(224, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 68.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -6.79, 65.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 65.99, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0249 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.149 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9689, 58.5330, 14.3011)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CA46 #465CE0

analogous

#E07D46 #E0CA46 #A9E046

triadic

#E0CA46 #46E0CA #CA46E0

tetradic

#E0CA46 #46E07D #465CE0 #E046A9

square

#E0CA46 #46E07D #465CE0 #E046A9

split-complementary

#E0CA46 #46A9E0 #7D46E0

monochromatic

#938119 #C7B021 #E0CA46 #E9D97A #F2E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E0CA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#E0CA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CA46

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CA46	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.149 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd981',
    500: '#e0ca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ca46;
$custom-light: #edd981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8342,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CA46

secondary

#334198

accent

#54EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CA46

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

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