#E1CA4A#E1CA4A

#E1CA4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.146 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA4A
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -6.15, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 64.50, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0227 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.146 99)
XYZ	xyz(53.4103, 58.7455, 15.0029)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA4A #4A61E1

analogous

#E17E4A #E1CA4A #ACE14A

triadic

#E1CA4A #4AE1CA #CA4AE1

tetradic

#E1CA4A #4AE17E #4A61E1 #E14AAC

square

#E1CA4A #4AE17E #4A61E1 #E14AAC

split-complementary

#E1CA4A #4AACE1 #7E4AE1

monochromatic

#978419 #CCB222 #E1CA4A #EAD97E #F2E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1CA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E1CA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA4A

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA4A	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)

#DDC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.146 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed983',
    500: '#e1ca4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca4a;
$custom-light: #eed983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83543,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.58743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA4A

secondary

#34449B

accent

#55EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA4A

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

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