#E2CA43#E2CA43

#E2CA43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.151 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA43
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -6.09, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 67.28, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0234 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.151 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5002, 58.8176, 13.8440)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA43 #435BE2

analogous

#E27A43 #E2CA43 #ABE243

triadic

#E2CA43 #43E2CA #CA43E2

tetradic

#E2CA43 #43E27A #435BE2 #E243AB

square

#E2CA43 #43E27A #435BE2 #E243AB

split-complementary

#E2CA43 #43ABE2 #7A43E2

monochromatic

#948117 #C9AF1F #E2CA43 #EAD978 #F2E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E2CA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E2CA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA43

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA43	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)

#DDC52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.151 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd97f',
    500: '#e2ca43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca43;
$custom-light: #efd97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 73.272,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8358,
    "c": 0.15083,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA43

secondary

#314198

accent

#54F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA43

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

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