#E1CA44#E1CA44

#E1CA44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.150 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA44
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -6.47, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 66.83, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0243 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.15 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2177, 58.6685, 13.9887)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA44 #445BE1

analogous

#E17B44 #E1CA44 #AAE144

triadic

#E1CA44 #44E1CA #CA44E1

tetradic

#E1CA44 #44E17B #445BE1 #E144AA

square

#E1CA44 #44E17B #445BE1 #E144AA

split-complementary

#E1CA44 #44AAE1 #7B44E1

monochromatic

#938118 #C8AF20 #E1CA44 #E9D979 #F2E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1CA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E1CA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA44

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA44	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.150 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed980',
    500: '#e1ca44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca44;
$custom-light: #eed980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83496,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA44

secondary

#324198

accent

#53EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA44

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

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