#E2CA2E#E2CA2E

#E2CA2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.162 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA2E
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 79.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -6.94, 73.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 74.25, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0277 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.162 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9804, 58.6097, 11.1064)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA2E #2E46E2

analogous

#E2702E #E2CA2E #A0E22E

triadic

#E2CA2E #2EE2CA #CA2EE2

tetradic

#E2CA2E #2EE270 #2E46E2 #E22EA0

square

#E2CA2E #2EE270 #2E46E2 #E22EA0

split-complementary

#E2CA2E #2EA0E2 #702EE2

monochromatic

#837412 #B9A41A #E2CA2E #E9D864 #F1E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E2CA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA2E

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA2E	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: #e2ca2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.162 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d975',
    500: '#e2ca2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca2e;
$custom-light: #f0d975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 75.63,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83453,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA2E

secondary

#2A378A

accent

#4FF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA2E

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

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