#E2CA74#E2CA74

#E2CA74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.110 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA74
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 48.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -2.69, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 45.82, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0081 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.11 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6387, 59.6730, 25.1069)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA74 #748CE2

analogous

#E29374 #E2CA74 #C3E274

triadic

#E2CA74 #74E2CA #CA74E2

tetradic

#E2CA74 #74E293 #748CE2 #E274C3

square

#E2CA74 #74E293 #748CE2 #E274C3

split-complementary

#E2CA74 #74C3E2 #9374E2

monochromatic

#B69626 #D7B741 #E2CA74 #EDDDA7 #F7F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E2CA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA74

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA74	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)

#DAC76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.110 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd99e',
    500: '#e2ca74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca74;
$custom-light: #edd99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84102,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA74

secondary

#445DB6

accent

#40CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA74

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

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