#E2CA5E#E2CA5E
#E2CA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.130 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CA5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 202, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 58.4%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.41, -4.47, 55.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.41, 56.08, 94.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.83% -0.0157 0.1295) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.83% 0.13 96.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5071, 59.2204, 19.1471) |
| Luminance | 0.5922 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.53
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.97
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.04
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.20
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.87
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CA5E #5E76E2
analogous
#E2885E #E2CA5E #B8E25E
triadic
#E2CA5E #5EE2CA #CA5EE2
tetradic
#E2CA5E #5EE288 #5E76E2 #E25EB8
square
#E2CA5E #5EE288 #5E76E2 #E25EB8
split-complementary
#E2CA5E #5EB8E2 #885EE2
monochromatic
#A78E1E #D9B92A #E2CA5E #EBDB92 #F5ECC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.64
#E2CA5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.84
#E2CA5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CA5E
12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CA5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CA5E | 1.00 | 1.64 | 12.84 | 12.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CE63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BDB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2ca5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.130 96.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed98f',
500: '#e2ca5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2ca5e; $custom-light: #eed98f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2ca5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 202,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.091,
"s": 69.474,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83827,
"c": 0.13044,
"h": 96.9
},
"luminance": 0.59218
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CA5E
secondary
#3B4FAA
accent
#36D114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F