#E2CA17#E2CA17

#E2CA17 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.170 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA17
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 90%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 89.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -7.50, 79.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 79.44, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0308 0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.17 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6420, 58.4744, 9.3243)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA17 #172FE2

analogous

#E26417 #E2CA17 #95E217

triadic

#E2CA17 #17E2CA #CA17E2

tetradic

#E2CA17 #17E264 #172FE2 #E21795

square

#E2CA17 #17E264 #172FE2 #E21795

split-complementary

#E2CA17 #1795E2 #6417E2

monochromatic

#73670C #AA9811 #E2CA17 #EDD94A #F2E581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E2CA17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA17

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA17	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#E5CD2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.170 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d96d',
    500: '#e2ca17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca17;
$custom-light: #f0d96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.906,
    "s": 81.526,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8337,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA17

secondary

#222C7B

accent

#48F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181408

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA17

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

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