#E2CA50#E2CA50

#E2CA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA50
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -5.39, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 62.14, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0199 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9349, 58.9915, 16.1334)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA50 #5068E2

analogous

#E28150 #E2CA50 #B1E250

triadic

#E2CA50 #50E2CA #CA50E2

tetradic

#E2CA50 #50E281 #5068E2 #E250B1

square

#E2CA50 #50E281 #5068E2 #E250B1

split-complementary

#E2CA50 #50B1E2 #8150E2

monochromatic

#9E881A #D2B523 #E2CA50 #EBDA84 #F3EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#E2CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA50

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA50	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed987',
    500: '#e2ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca50;
$custom-light: #eed987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83687,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA50

secondary

#3547A1

accent

#57EE39

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA50

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

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