#E2CA30#E2CA30

#E2CA30 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.161 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA30
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 78.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -6.87, 73.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 73.67, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0274 0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.161 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0208, 58.6259, 11.3189)
Luminance	0.5862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA30 #3048E2

analogous

#E27130 #E2CA30 #A1E230

triadic

#E2CA30 #30E2CA #CA30E2

tetradic

#E2CA30 #30E271 #3048E2 #E230A1

square

#E2CA30 #30E271 #3048E2 #E230A1

split-complementary

#E2CA30 #30A1E2 #7130E2

monochromatic

#857613 #BBA51A #E2CA30 #EAD866 #F1E59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E2CA30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA30

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA30	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)

#E5CD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.161 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d976',
    500: '#e2ca30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca30;
$custom-light: #f0d976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 75.424,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83463,
    "c": 0.16131,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA30

secondary

#2B388B

accent

#4FF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA30

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

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