#E2CA52#E2CA52

#E2CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA52
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -5.27, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 61.30, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0194 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0099, 59.0215, 16.5284)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA52 #526AE2

analogous

#E28252 #E2CA52 #B2E252

triadic

#E2CA52 #52E2CA #CA52E2

tetradic

#E2CA52 #52E282 #526AE2 #E252B2

square

#E2CA52 #52E282 #526AE2 #E252B2

split-complementary

#E2CA52 #52B2E2 #8252E2

monochromatic

#9F891B #D3B623 #E2CA52 #EBDA86 #F4EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#E2CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA52

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA52	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)

#DDC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed988',
    500: '#e2ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca52;
$custom-light: #eed988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83705,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA52

secondary

#3648A2

accent

#32D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA52

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

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