#E2CA49#E2CA49

#E2CA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.147 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA49
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -5.79, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 64.97, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0219 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.147 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6896, 58.8934, 14.8416)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA49 #4961E2

analogous

#E27D49 #E2CA49 #ADE249

triadic

#E2CA49 #49E2CA #CA49E2

tetradic

#E2CA49 #49E27D #4961E2 #E249AD

square

#E2CA49 #49E27D #4961E2 #E249AD

split-complementary

#E2CA49 #49ADE2 #7D49E2

monochromatic

#988418 #CDB221 #E2CA49 #EAD97E #F3E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E2CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA49

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA49	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)

#DDC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.147 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd982',
    500: '#e2ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca49;
$custom-light: #efd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83627,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA49

secondary

#33449C

accent

#55EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA49

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

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