#E2CA6D#E2CA6D

#E2CA6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.117 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA6D
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 51.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -3.30, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 49.16, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0106 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.117 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.2468, 59.5163, 23.0427)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA6D #6D85E2

analogous

#E28F6D #E2CA6D #C0E26D

triadic

#E2CA6D #6DE2CA #CA6DE2

tetradic

#E2CA6D #6DE28F #6D85E2 #E26DC0

square

#E2CA6D #6DE28F #6D85E2 #E26DC0

split-complementary

#E2CA6D #6DC0E2 #8F6DE2

monochromatic

#B19423 #D8B73A #E2CA6D #ECDDA0 #F6EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E2CA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E2CA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA6D

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA6D	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.117 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd999',
    500: '#e2ca6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca6d;
$custom-light: #edd999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 66.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84007,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA6D

secondary

#4158B3

accent

#3CCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA6D

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

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