#E1CA46#E1CA46

#E1CA46 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	#E1CA46
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -6.37, 65.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 66.06, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0238 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.149 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2798, 58.6933, 14.3157)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA46 #465DE1

analogous

#E17D46 #E1CA46 #AAE146

triadic

#E1CA46 #46E1CA #CA46E1

tetradic

#E1CA46 #46E17D #465DE1 #E146AA

square

#E1CA46 #46E17D #465DE1 #E146AA

split-complementary

#E1CA46 #46AAE1 #7D46E1

monochromatic

#958218 #C9B021 #E1CA46 #EAD97B #F2E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1CA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E1CA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA46

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA46	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)

#DDC533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.149 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed981',
    500: '#e1ca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca46;
$custom-light: #eed981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83511,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA46

secondary

#324299

accent

#54EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA46

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

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