#E2CA62#E2CA62

#E2CA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.127 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA62
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 56.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -4.18, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 54.27, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0144 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.127 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6913, 59.2941, 20.1170)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA62 #627AE2

analogous

#E28A62 #E2CA62 #BAE262

triadic

#E2CA62 #62E2CA #CA62E2

tetradic

#E2CA62 #62E28A #627AE2 #E262BA

square

#E2CA62 #62E28A #627AE2 #E262BA

split-complementary

#E2CA62 #62BAE2 #8A62E2

monochromatic

#AA901F #D8B92E #E2CA62 #ECDB96 #F5EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E2CA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA62

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA62	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.127 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed992',
    500: '#e2ca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca62;
$custom-light: #eed992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83872,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA62

secondary

#3C51AC

accent

#38D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA62

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

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