#E2CA55#E2CA55

#E2CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA55
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -5.08, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 60.03, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0185 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1266, 59.0682, 17.1428)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA55 #556DE2

analogous

#E28355 #E2CA55 #B3E255

triadic

#E2CA55 #55E2CA #CA55E2

tetradic

#E2CA55 #55E283 #556DE2 #E255B3

square

#E2CA55 #55E283 #556DE2 #E255B3

split-complementary

#E2CA55 #55B3E2 #8355E2

monochromatic

#A18A1B #D5B724 #E2CA55 #EBDA89 #F4EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E2CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA55

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA55	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)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed98a',
    500: '#e2ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca55;
$custom-light: #eed98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83734,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA55

secondary

#374AA4

accent

#33D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA55

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

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