#E2CA2D#E2CA2D

#E2CA2D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.163 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA2D
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -6.97, 74.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 74.53, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0279 0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.163 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9609, 58.6019, 11.0038)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA2D #2D45E2

analogous

#E26F2D #E2CA2D #A0E22D

triadic

#E2CA2D #2DE2CA #CA2DE2

tetradic

#E2CA2D #2DE26F #2D45E2 #E22DA0

square

#E2CA2D #2DE26F #2D45E2 #E22DA0

split-complementary

#E2CA2D #2DA0E2 #6F2DE2

monochromatic

#837412 #B8A319 #E2CA2D #E9D863 #F1E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E2CA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA2D

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA2D	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.163 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d974',
    500: '#e2ca2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca2d;
$custom-light: #f0d974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.044,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83448,
    "c": 0.16266,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA2D

secondary

#2A3789

accent

#4FF235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA2D

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

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