#E2CA48#E2CA48

#E2CA48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.148 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA48
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -5.84, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 65.37, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0221 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.148 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6567, 58.8802, 14.6684)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA48 #4860E2

analogous

#E27D48 #E2CA48 #ADE248

triadic

#E2CA48 #48E2CA #CA48E2

tetradic

#E2CA48 #48E27D #4860E2 #E248AD

square

#E2CA48 #48E27D #4860E2 #E248AD

split-complementary

#E2CA48 #48ADE2 #7D48E2

monochromatic

#988418 #CCB220 #E2CA48 #EAD97D #F3E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E2CA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA48

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA48	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.148 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd982',
    500: '#e2ca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca48;
$custom-light: #efd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.649,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83619,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA48

secondary

#33439C

accent

#55EF38

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA48

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

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