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#E2CA69 — Yellow

#E2CA69 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 #E2CA69 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.

#E2CA69 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.

#E2CA69 · RGB 226, 202, 105

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Color values

HEX#E2CA69
RGB226, 202, 105
HSL48°, 68%, 65%
HSV48°, 54%, 89%
CMYK0%, 11%, 54%, 11%
XYZ55.03, 59.43, 21.94
Yxy59.43, 0.4035, 0.4357
CIE-Lab81.53, -3.63, 50.91
Hunter Lab77.09, -3.42, 34.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 79% · Blue 41%

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 #E2CA69 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2CA69 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2CA69

.text { color: #E2CA69; }
.background { background-color: #E2CA69; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2CA69; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 202, 105); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 68%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2CA69; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 202, 105, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2CA69; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 202, 105, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2CA69">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2CA69">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2CA69

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

Tints of #E2CA69

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

Tones of #E2CA69

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6981E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.63:1 Fails
Against black text12.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2CA69: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2CA69

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 #E2CA69: ·

How #E2CA69 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D780Deuteranopia · #D9DB86Tritanopia · #E19397

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 #E2CA69 rather than the exact color:

Vivid Ruby Aurora
#D73C2F · #DB8547 · #E6C96A · #D7E083
Palette 4c4b16
#4C4B16 · #898121 · #E6C767 · #F87A53
Coral Reef
#264653 · #2A9D8F · #E9C46A · #E76F51
Palette 249d8f
#249D8F · #E9C46A · #E76F51 · #FDF0D5
Palette 36ba98
#36BA98 · #E9C46A · #F4A261 · #E76F51
Radiant Ruby Cinder
#E2D365 · #C5B225 · #9D8C16 · #6E6416

Similar colors

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

#E6C96A#E6C767#E9C46A#E2D365#DBC770#E5C95F#E2C16F#E8C872#D8C962#EDCD64#E9C874#D9D36D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2CA68  ·  #E2CA6A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2CA69?

#E2CA69 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 202, 105). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2CA69?

#E2CA69 is RGB 226, 202, 105 — HSL 48°, 68%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 54%, 11%.

What colors go with #E2CA69?

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

Can I use #E2CA69 for text?

Black text on #E2CA69 has a contrast ratio of 12.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.63:1.