#E2CA68#E2CA68
#E2CA68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.121 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E2CA68 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 202, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 68%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 54%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 54%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.52, -3.71, 51.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.52, 51.51, 94.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.94% -0.0124 0.1208) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.94% 0.121 95.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.9853, 59.4117, 21.6653) |
| Luminance | 0.5941 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.17
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.77
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.44
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.62
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.02
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E2CA68 #6880E2
analogous
#E28D68 #E2CA68 #BDE268
triadic
#E2CA68 #68E2CA #CA68E2
tetradic
#E2CA68 #68E28D #6880E2 #E268BD
square
#E2CA68 #68E28D #6880E2 #E268BD
split-complementary
#E2CA68 #68BDE2 #8D68E2
monochromatic
#AE9221 #D8B835 #E2CA68 #ECDC9B #F6EECF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.63
#E2CA68 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.88
#E2CA68 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E2CA68
12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E2CA68 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E2CA68 | 1.00 | 1.63 | 12.88 | 12.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC65F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CE6C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F2BDB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e2ca68; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.121 95.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eed996',
500: '#e2ca68',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e2ca68; $custom-light: #eed996; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e2ca68",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 202,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.197,
"s": 67.778,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83943,
"c": 0.12143,
"h": 95.8
},
"luminance": 0.59409
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E2CA68
secondary
#3F55B0
accent
#3AD016
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F