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#E2CA73 — Light Yellow

#E2CA73 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #E2CA73 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.

#E2CA73 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 #738BE2; it also sits naturally between #E29373 and #C3E273. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2CA73 · RGB 226, 202, 115

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Color values

HEX#E2CA73
RGB226, 202, 115
HSL47°, 66%, 67%
HSV47°, 49%, 89%
CMYK0%, 11%, 49%, 11%
XYZ55.58, 59.65, 24.80
Yxy59.65, 0.3969, 0.4260
CIE-Lab81.65, -2.78, 46.21
Hunter Lab77.23, -2.62, 32.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 79% · Blue 45%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 49% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2CA73 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2CA73 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2CA73

.text { color: #E2CA73; }
.background { background-color: #E2CA73; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2CA73; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 202, 115); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 66%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2CA73; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 202, 115, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2CA73; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 202, 115, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2CA73">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2CA73">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2CA73

#DDC15A#D7B63C#CBA82A#B29324#987E1F#7B6619#615114#483C0F#2A2309#110E03

Tints of #E2CA73

#E5CF80#E8D48D#EAD999#EDDDA6#EFE2B3#F1E5BB#F4EAC8#F6EFD5#F9F4E1#FCF9EE

Tones of #E2CA73

#DBC67B#D2C183#CBBD8B#C2B893#BBB49B#B2AFA3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #738BE2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.62:1 Fails
Against black text12.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2CA73: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2CA73

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 #E2CA73: ·

How #E2CA73 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D788Deuteranopia · #D9DB8DTritanopia · #E1999C

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2CA73 rather than the exact color:

Palette Bbeaa6
#BBEAA6 · #E3C878 · #ED9A73 · #E688A1
Palette E8c872
#E8C872 · #FFF3CF · #C9D7DD · #637A9F
Palette A34343
#A34343 · #E9C874 · #FBF8DD · #C0D6E8
Palette D92243
#D92243 · #F69D39 · #E0C375 · #FFF5E5
Golden Ruby Cascade
#C72B63 · #DA795E · #DBC770 · #BEE581
Mellow Ruby Mirage
#806C22 · #DBCC79 · #4562CD · #AEB2E2

Similar colors

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

#E3C878#E8C872#E9C874#E0C375#DBC770#DBCC79#E2C16F#E6C96A#DDC57A#ECC673#E9C46A#E6C767

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2CA72  ·  #E2CA74 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2CA73?

#E2CA73 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 202, 115). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2CA73?

#E2CA73 is RGB 226, 202, 115 — HSL 47°, 66%, 67% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 49%, 11%.

What colors go with #E2CA73?

Its complement is #738BE2; analogous partners are #E29373 and #C3E273. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2CA73 for text?

Black text on #E2CA73 has a contrast ratio of 12.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.62:1.