#E2CA4E#E2CA4E

#E2CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA4E
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -5.51, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 62.96, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0205 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8621, 58.9624, 15.7500)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA4E #4E66E2

analogous

#E2804E #E2CA4E #B0E24E

triadic

#E2CA4E #4EE2CA #CA4EE2

tetradic

#E2CA4E #4EE280 #4E66E2 #E24EB0

square

#E2CA4E #4EE280 #4E66E2 #E24EB0

split-complementary

#E2CA4E #4EB0E2 #804EE2

monochromatic

#9C871A #D1B422 #E2CA4E #EBDA83 #F3E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E2CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA4E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA4E	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)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd985',
    500: '#e2ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca4e;
$custom-light: #efd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83669,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA4E

secondary

#35469F

accent

#57EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA4E

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

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