#E2CA4B#E2CA4B

#E2CA4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.145 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA4B
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -5.68, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 64.18, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0213 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.145 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7570, 58.9204, 15.1964)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA4B #4B63E2

analogous

#E27F4B #E2CA4B #AEE24B

triadic

#E2CA4B #4BE2CA #CA4BE2

tetradic

#E2CA4B #4BE27F #4B63E2 #E24BAE

square

#E2CA4B #4BE27F #4B63E2 #E24BAE

split-complementary

#E2CA4B #4BAEE2 #7F4BE2

monochromatic

#9A8519 #CFB321 #E2CA4B #EADA80 #F3E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E2CA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA4B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA4B	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)

#DDC53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.145 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd984',
    500: '#e2ca4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca4b;
$custom-light: #efd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83643,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA4B

secondary

#34459E

accent

#56EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA4B

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

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