#E2CA3F#E2CA3F

#E2CA3F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.153 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA3F
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -6.28, 68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 68.75, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0243 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.153 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3843, 58.7713, 13.2337)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA3F #3F57E2

analogous

#E2793F #E2CA3F #A8E23F

triadic

#E2CA3F #3FE2CA #CA3FE2

tetradic

#E2CA3F #3FE279 #3F57E2 #E23FA8

square

#E2CA3F #3FE279 #3F57E2 #E23FA8

split-complementary

#E2CA3F #3FA8E2 #793FE2

monochromatic

#917F16 #C6AD1E #E2CA3F #EAD974 #F2E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E2CA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA3F

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA3F	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)

#DEC528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.153 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd97d',
    500: '#e2ca3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca3f;
$custom-light: #efd97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.166,
    "s": 73.756,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83552,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA3F

secondary

#303F96

accent

#53F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA3F

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

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