#E0CA4E#E0CA4E

#E0CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CA4E
RGB	rgb(224, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -6.35, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 62.80, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0228 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2385, 58.6408, 15.7208)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CA4E #4E64E0

analogous

#E0814E #E0CA4E #ADE04E

triadic

#E0CA4E #4EE0CA #CA4EE0

tetradic

#E0CA4E #4EE081 #4E64E0 #E04EAD

square

#E0CA4E #4EE081 #4E64E0 #E04EAD

split-complementary

#E0CA4E #4EADE0 #814EE0

monochromatic

#99861B #CDB324 #E0CA4E #E9DA82 #F2E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E0CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E0CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CA4E

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CA4E	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd985',
    500: '#e0ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ca4e;
$custom-light: #edd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83487,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CA4E

secondary

#35459D

accent

#56ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CA4E

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

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