#E2CA61#E2CA61

#E2CA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA61
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -4.25, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 54.73, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0147 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6444, 59.2753, 19.8699)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA61 #6179E2

analogous

#E28961 #E2CA61 #B9E261

triadic

#E2CA61 #61E2CA #CA61E2

tetradic

#E2CA61 #61E289 #6179E2 #E261B9

square

#E2CA61 #61E289 #6179E2 #E261B9

split-complementary

#E2CA61 #61B9E2 #8961E2

monochromatic

#A9901F #D9B92D #E2CA61 #EBDB95 #F5EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E2CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA61

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA61	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)

#DCC657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed991',
    500: '#e2ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca61;
$custom-light: #eed991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8386,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA61

secondary

#3C51AB

accent

#38D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA61

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

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