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#E2CA67 — Yellow

#E2CA67 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #E2CA67 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E2CA67 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #6981E2; it also sits naturally between #E28D69 and #BEE269. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2CA67 · RGB 226, 202, 103

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Color values

HEX#E2CA67
RGB226, 202, 103
HSL48°, 68%, 65%
HSV48°, 54%, 89%
CMYK0%, 11%, 54%, 11%
XYZ54.93, 59.39, 21.40
Yxy59.39, 0.4047, 0.4376
CIE-Lab81.50, -3.79, 51.83
Hunter Lab77.06, -3.56, 34.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 79% · Blue 40%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 54% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #E2CA67 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2CA67 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2CA67

.text { color: #E2CA67; }
.background { background-color: #E2CA67; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2CA67; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 202, 103); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 68%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2CA67; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 202, 103, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2CA67; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 202, 103, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2CA67">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2CA67">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2CA67

#DEC14F#D9B836#C9A926#B09321#967E1D#786517#5E4F12#45390D#2B2408#110E03

Tints of #E2CA67

#E5CF76#E7D383#EAD890#ECDC9C#EFE2AE#F2E7BA#F4EBC7#F7F0D4#F9F4E1#FCF9EE

Tones of #E2CA67

#DAC572#D1C07A#C9BB83#C0B58C#B7B095#AFAB9D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6981E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.63:1 Fails
Against black text12.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2CA67: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2CA67

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #E2CA67: ·

How #E2CA67 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D8D77FDeuteranopia · #D9DB85Tritanopia · #E19296

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2CA67 rather than the exact color:

Palette 4c4b16
#4C4B16 · #898121 · #E6C767 · #F87A53
Vivid Ruby Aurora
#D73C2F · #DB8547 · #E6C96A · #D7E083
Palette 41a67e
#41A67E · #05339C · #1055C9 · #E5C95F
Radiant Ruby Cinder
#E2D365 · #C5B225 · #9D8C16 · #6E6416
Coral Reef
#264653 · #2A9D8F · #E9C46A · #E76F51
Palette 249d8f
#249D8F · #E9C46A · #E76F51 · #FDF0D5

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E6C767#E6C96A#E5C95F#E2D365#E9C46A#D8C962#EDCD64#DBC770#E2C16F#E8C872#E9CD5C#D8D365

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2CA66  ·  #E2CA68 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2CA67?

#E2CA67 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 202, 103). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2CA67?

#E2CA67 is RGB 226, 202, 103 — HSL 48°, 68%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 54%, 11%.

What colors go with #E2CA67?

Its complement is #6981E2; analogous partners are #E28D69 and #BEE269. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2CA67 for text?

Black text on #E2CA67 has a contrast ratio of 12.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.63:1.