#E2CA69#E2CA69

#E2CA69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.120 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA69
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 53.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -3.63, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 51.04, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.012 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.12 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0364, 59.4321, 21.9344)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA69 #6981E2

analogous

#E28D69 #E2CA69 #BEE269

triadic

#E2CA69 #69E2CA #CA69E2

tetradic

#E2CA69 #69E28D #6981E2 #E269BE

square

#E2CA69 #69E28D #6981E2 #E269BE

split-complementary

#E2CA69 #69BEE2 #8D69E2

monochromatic

#AF9322 #D8B836 #E2CA69 #ECDC9C #F6EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E2CA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA69

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA69	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.120 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd996',
    500: '#e2ca69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca69;
$custom-light: #edd996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 67.598,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83956,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA69

secondary

#3F55B0

accent

#3BD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA69

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

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