#E2CA40#E2CA40

#E2CA40 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 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA40
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -6.24, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 68.38, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0241 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.153 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4125, 58.7826, 13.3823)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA40 #4058E2

analogous

#E27940 #E2CA40 #A9E240

triadic

#E2CA40 #40E2CA #CA40E2

tetradic

#E2CA40 #40E279 #4058E2 #E240A9

square

#E2CA40 #40E279 #4058E2 #E240A9

split-complementary

#E2CA40 #40A9E2 #7940E2

monochromatic

#927F16 #C7AE1E #E2CA40 #EAD975 #F2E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E2CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA40

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA40	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.153 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd97e',
    500: '#e2ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca40;
$custom-light: #efd97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83559,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA40

secondary

#303F96

accent

#53F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA40

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

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