#E2CA4A#E2CA4A

#E2CA4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.146 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA4A
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -5.73, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 64.58, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0216 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.146 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7230, 58.9068, 15.0176)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA4A #4A62E2

analogous

#E27E4A #E2CA4A #AEE24A

triadic

#E2CA4A #4AE2CA #CA4AE2

tetradic

#E2CA4A #4AE27E #4A62E2 #E24AAE

square

#E2CA4A #4AE27E #4A62E2 #E24AAE

split-complementary

#E2CA4A #4AAEE2 #7E4AE2

monochromatic

#998519 #CEB321 #E2CA4A #EAD97F #F3E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E2CA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA4A

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA4A	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)

#DDC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.146 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd983',
    500: '#e2ca4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca4a;
$custom-light: #efd983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83635,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA4A

secondary

#33449D

accent

#56EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA4A

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

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