#E1CA49#E1CA49

#E1CA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.147 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA49
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -6.21, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 64.89, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.023 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.147 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.3769, 58.7321, 14.8269)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA49 #4960E1

analogous

#E17E49 #E1CA49 #ACE149

triadic

#E1CA49 #49E1CA #CA49E1

tetradic

#E1CA49 #49E17E #4960E1 #E149AC

square

#E1CA49 #49E17E #4960E1 #E149AC

split-complementary

#E1CA49 #49ACE1 #7E49E1

monochromatic

#978419 #CBB222 #E1CA49 #EAD97E #F2E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E1CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA49

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA49	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.147 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed982',
    500: '#e1ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca49;
$custom-light: #eed982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.921,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83535,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.5873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA49

secondary

#33439B

accent

#55EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA49

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

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