#E2CA3E#E2CA3E

#E2CA3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.154 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA3E
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -6.33, 68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 69.10, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0246 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.154 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3566, 58.7602, 13.0879)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA3E #3E56E2

analogous

#E2783E #E2CA3E #A8E23E

triadic

#E2CA3E #3EE2CA #CA3EE2

tetradic

#E2CA3E #3EE278 #3E56E2 #E23EA8

square

#E2CA3E #3EE278 #3E56E2 #E23EA8

split-complementary

#E2CA3E #3EA8E2 #783EE2

monochromatic

#907E16 #C5AD1E #E2CA3E #EAD973 #F2E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E2CA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA3E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA3E	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.154 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd97c',
    500: '#e2ca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca3e;
$custom-light: #efd97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 73.874,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83545,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA3E

secondary

#2F3E95

accent

#52F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA3E

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

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