#E2CA79#E2CA79

#E2CA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.105 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2CA79
RGB	rgb(226, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 46.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -2.22, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 43.40, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0062 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.105 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9374, 59.7925, 26.6801)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2CA79 #7991E2

analogous

#E29579 #E2CA79 #C5E279

triadic

#E2CA79 #79E2CA #CA79E2

tetradic

#E2CA79 #79E295 #7991E2 #E279C5

square

#E2CA79 #79E295 #7991E2 #E279C5

split-complementary

#E2CA79 #79C5E2 #9579E2

monochromatic

#B99828 #D7B647 #E2CA79 #EDDEAB #F8F2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E2CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E2CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2CA79

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2CA79	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.105 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd9a1',
    500: '#e2ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2ca79;
$custom-light: #edd9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84175,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2CA79

secondary

#4660B9

accent

#42CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2CA79

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

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