#E2CA66#E2CA66
#E2CA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.123 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CA66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 202, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 68%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 55%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 54.9%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.50, -3.87, 52.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.50, 52.44, 94.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.92% -0.013 0.1226) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.92% 0.123 96.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.8849, 59.3715, 21.1366) |
| Luminance | 0.5937 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.46
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.82
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.33
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.46
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.09
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CA66 #667EE2
analogous
#E28C66 #E2CA66 #BCE266
triadic
#E2CA66 #66E2CA #CA66E2
tetradic
#E2CA66 #66E28C #667EE2 #E266BC
square
#E2CA66 #66E28C #667EE2 #E266BC
split-complementary
#E2CA66 #66BCE2 #8C66E2
monochromatic
#AD9221 #D8B833 #E2CA66 #ECDC99 #F6EECD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E2CA66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.87
#E2CA66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CA66
12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CA66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CA66 | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.87 | 12.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC65D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CE6A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2ca66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.123 96.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed994',
500: '#e2ca66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2ca66; $custom-light: #eed994; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2ca66",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 202,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.387,
"s": 68.132,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83919,
"c": 0.12329,
"h": 96.1
},
"luminance": 0.59369
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CA66
secondary
#3E54AE
accent
#3AD015
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F