#E2CA59#E2CA59

#E2CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA59
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -4.82, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 58.30, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0173 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2900, 59.1336, 18.0035)
Luminance	0.5913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA59 #5971E2

analogous

#E28659 #E2CA59 #B6E259

triadic

#E2CA59 #59E2CA #CA59E2

tetradic

#E2CA59 #59E286 #5971E2 #E259B6

square

#E2CA59 #59E286 #5971E2 #E259B6

split-complementary

#E2CA59 #59B6E2 #8659E2

monochromatic

#A48C1D #D8B926 #E2CA59 #EBDB8D #F4EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E2CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA59

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA59	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed98c',
    500: '#e2ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca59;
$custom-light: #eed98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83774,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA59

secondary

#394CA6

accent

#35D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA59

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

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