#E2CA53#E2CA53

#E2CA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA53
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -5.21, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 60.88, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0191 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.139 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0482, 59.0368, 16.7303)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA53 #536BE2

analogous

#E28253 #E2CA53 #B2E253

triadic

#E2CA53 #53E2CA #CA53E2

tetradic

#E2CA53 #53E282 #536BE2 #E253B2

square

#E2CA53 #53E282 #536BE2 #E253B2

split-complementary

#E2CA53 #53B2E2 #8253E2

monochromatic

#A0891B #D4B624 #E2CA53 #EBDA87 #F4EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E2CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA53

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA53	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed988',
    500: '#e2ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca53;
$custom-light: #eed988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83714,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA53

secondary

#3749A3

accent

#33D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA53

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

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