#E2CA72#E2CA72

#E2CA72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.112 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA72
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 49.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -2.87, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 46.78, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0088 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.112 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5236, 59.6270, 24.5008)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA72 #728AE2

analogous

#E29272 #E2CA72 #C2E272

triadic

#E2CA72 #72E2CA #CA72E2

tetradic

#E2CA72 #72E292 #728AE2 #E272C2

square

#E2CA72 #72E292 #728AE2 #E272C2

split-complementary

#E2CA72 #72C2E2 #9272E2

monochromatic

#B49625 #D8B73F #E2CA72 #ECDDA5 #F7F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E2CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA72

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA72	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.112 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd99c',
    500: '#e2ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca72;
$custom-light: #edd99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84074,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA72

secondary

#435BB5

accent

#3FCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA72

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

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