#E2CA56#E2CA56

#E2CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA56
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -5.02, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 59.60, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0182 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1666, 59.0842, 17.3535)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA56 #566EE2

analogous

#E28456 #E2CA56 #B4E256

triadic

#E2CA56 #56E2CA #CA56E2

tetradic

#E2CA56 #56E284 #566EE2 #E256B4

square

#E2CA56 #56E284 #566EE2 #E256B4

split-complementary

#E2CA56 #56B4E2 #8456E2

monochromatic

#A28B1C #D6B825 #E2CA56 #EBDA8A #F4EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E2CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA56

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA56	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed98a',
    500: '#e2ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca56;
$custom-light: #eed98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83743,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA56

secondary

#384AA5

accent

#34D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA56

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

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