#E2CA4D#E2CA4D

#E2CA4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA4D
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -5.57, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 63.37, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0208 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8265, 58.9482, 15.5626)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA4D #4D65E2

analogous

#E2804D #E2CA4D #AFE24D

triadic

#E2CA4D #4DE2CA #CA4DE2

tetradic

#E2CA4D #4DE280 #4D65E2 #E24DAF

square

#E2CA4D #4DE280 #4D65E2 #E24DAF

split-complementary

#E2CA4D #4DAFE2 #804DE2

monochromatic

#9B8619 #D0B422 #E2CA4D #EBDA82 #F3E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E2CA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA4D

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA4D	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd985',
    500: '#e2ca4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca4d;
$custom-light: #efd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8366,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA4D

secondary

#34469F

accent

#56EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA4D

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

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