#E2CA78#E2CA78

#E2CA78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.106 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA78
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 46.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -2.31, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 43.88, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0066 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.106 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8764, 59.7681, 26.3588)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA78 #7890E2

analogous

#E29578 #E2CA78 #C5E278

triadic

#E2CA78 #78E2CA #CA78E2

tetradic

#E2CA78 #78E295 #7890E2 #E278C5

square

#E2CA78 #78E295 #7890E2 #E278C5

split-complementary

#E2CA78 #78C5E2 #9578E2

monochromatic

#B89728 #D7B646 #E2CA78 #EDDEAA #F8F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E2CA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA78

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA78	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.106 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd9a0',
    500: '#e2ca78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca78;
$custom-light: #edd9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8416,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA78

secondary

#4660B9

accent

#42CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA78

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

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