#E2CA5B#E2CA5B

#E2CA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA5B
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 59.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -4.68, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 57.42, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0167 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.133 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3751, 59.1676, 18.4518)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA5B #5B73E2

analogous

#E2865B #E2CA5B #B7E25B

triadic

#E2CA5B #5BE2CA #CA5BE2

tetradic

#E2CA5B #5BE286 #5B73E2 #E25BB7

square

#E2CA5B #5BE286 #5B73E2 #E25BB7

split-complementary

#E2CA5B #5BB7E2 #865BE2

monochromatic

#A58D1D #D9B927 #E2CA5B #EBDB8F #F4ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E2CA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E2CA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA5B

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA5B	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)

#DCC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.133 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed98d',
    500: '#e2ca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca5b;
$custom-light: #eed98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83794,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA5B

secondary

#394DA8

accent

#35D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA5B

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

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