#E2CA46#E2CA46

#E2CA46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.149 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA46
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -5.94, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 66.14, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0226 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.149 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5925, 58.8546, 14.3303)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA46 #465EE2

analogous

#E27C46 #E2CA46 #ACE246

triadic

#E2CA46 #46E2CA #CA46E2

tetradic

#E2CA46 #46E27C #465EE2 #E246AC

square

#E2CA46 #46E27C #465EE2 #E246AC

split-complementary

#E2CA46 #46ACE2 #7C46E2

monochromatic

#968318 #CBB120 #E2CA46 #EAD97B #F3E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E2CA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA46

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA46	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)

#DDC533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.149 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd981',
    500: '#e2ca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca46;
$custom-light: #efd981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 72.897,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83603,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA46

secondary

#32429A

accent

#54F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA46

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

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