#E1CA45#E1CA45

#E1CA45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.149 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA45
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -6.42, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 66.45, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.024 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.15 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2485, 58.6808, 14.1508)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA45 #455CE1

analogous

#E17C45 #E1CA45 #AAE145

triadic

#E1CA45 #45E1CA #CA45E1

tetradic

#E1CA45 #45E17C #455CE1 #E145AA

square

#E1CA45 #45E17C #455CE1 #E145AA

split-complementary

#E1CA45 #45AAE1 #7C45E1

monochromatic

#948118 #C8B020 #E1CA45 #E9D97A #F2E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1CA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E1CA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA45

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA45	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.149 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed980',
    500: '#e1ca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca45;
$custom-light: #eed980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.154,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83504,
    "c": 0.1495,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA45

secondary

#324198

accent

#54EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA45

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

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