#E0CA52#E0CA52

#E0CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0CA52
RGB	rgb(224, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -6.11, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 61.14, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0216 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3863, 58.6999, 16.4992)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0CA52 #5268E0

analogous

#E08352 #E0CA52 #AFE052

triadic

#E0CA52 #52E0CA #CA52E0

tetradic

#E0CA52 #52E083 #5268E0 #E052AF

square

#E0CA52 #52E083 #5268E0 #E052AF

split-complementary

#E0CA52 #52AFE0 #8352E0

monochromatic

#9C881C #D0B525 #E0CA52 #E9DA86 #F3EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E0CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E0CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E0CA52

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0CA52	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd988',
    500: '#e0ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0ca52;
$custom-light: #edd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83523,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0CA52

secondary

#37479F

accent

#57EC3B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0CA52

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

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