#E2CA5F#E2CA5F
#E2CA5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CA5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 202, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 58%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.42, -4.40, 55.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.42, 55.63, 94.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.84% -0.0154 0.1286) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.84% 0.13 96.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5523, 59.2385, 19.3849) |
| Luminance | 0.5924 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.40
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.02
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.06
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.14
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.93
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CA5F #5F77E2
analogous
#E2895F #E2CA5F #B8E25F
triadic
#E2CA5F #5FE2CA #CA5FE2
tetradic
#E2CA5F #5FE289 #5F77E2 #E25FB8
square
#E2CA5F #5FE289 #5F77E2 #E25FB8
split-complementary
#E2CA5F #5FB8E2 #895FE2
monochromatic
#A88F1E #D9B92B #E2CA5F #EBDB93 #F5ECC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E2CA5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.85
#E2CA5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CA5F
12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CA5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CA5F | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.85 | 12.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC654
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CE64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BDB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2ca5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.130 96.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed990',
500: '#e2ca5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2ca5f; $custom-light: #eed990; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2ca5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 202,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.008,
"s": 69.312,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83838,
"c": 0.12956,
"h": 96.8
},
"luminance": 0.59236
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CA5F
secondary
#3B4FAA
accent
#37D114
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F