#E2CA57#E2CA57

#E2CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA57
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -4.95, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 59.17, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0179 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2071, 59.1004, 17.5672)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA57 #576FE2

analogous

#E28557 #E2CA57 #B5E257

triadic

#E2CA57 #57E2CA #CA57E2

tetradic

#E2CA57 #57E285 #576FE2 #E257B5

square

#E2CA57 #57E285 #576FE2 #E257B5

split-complementary

#E2CA57 #57B5E2 #8557E2

monochromatic

#A38B1C #D7B825 #E2CA57 #EBDA8B #F4EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E2CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA57

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA57	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed98b',
    500: '#e2ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca57;
$custom-light: #eed98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83753,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA57

secondary

#384BA5

accent

#34D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA57

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

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