#E2CA45#E2CA45

#E2CA45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.150 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA45
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -5.99, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 66.52, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0229 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.15 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5612, 58.8421, 14.1655)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA45 #455DE2

analogous

#E27B45 #E2CA45 #ABE245

triadic

#E2CA45 #45E2CA #CA45E2

tetradic

#E2CA45 #45E27B #455DE2 #E245AB

square

#E2CA45 #45E27B #455DE2 #E245AB

split-complementary

#E2CA45 #45ABE2 #7B45E2

monochromatic

#958217 #CAB020 #E2CA45 #EAD97A #F3E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E2CA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA45

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA45	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.150 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd980',
    500: '#e2ca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca45;
$custom-light: #efd980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83595,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA45

secondary

#32429A

accent

#54F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA45

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

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