#E2CA0E#E2CA0E

#E2CA0E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.172 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA0E
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 14)
HSL	hsl(53, 88%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 94%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 93.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -7.62, 80.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 80.69, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0314 0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.172 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5667, 58.4442, 8.9274)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA0E #0E26E2

analogous

#E2600E #E2CA0E #90E20E

triadic

#E2CA0E #0EE2CA #CA0EE2

tetradic

#E2CA0E #0EE260 #0E26E2 #E20E90

square

#E2CA0E #0EE260 #0E26E2 #E20E90

split-complementary

#E2CA0E #0E90E2 #600EE2

monochromatic

#6F6307 #A8960A #E2CA0E #F3DE3A #F6E874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E2CA0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E2CA0E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA0E

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA0E	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CD27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.172 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d96b',
    500: '#e2ca0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca0e;
$custom-light: #f0d96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 88.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83351,
    "c": 0.17176,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA0E

secondary

#1C2778

accent

#41FE29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181408

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA0E

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

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