#E1CA4D#E1CA4D

#E1CA4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA4D
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 65.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -5.99, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 63.29, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0219 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5138, 58.7869, 15.5480)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA4D #4D64E1

analogous

#E1804D #E1CA4D #AEE14D

triadic

#E1CA4D #4DE1CA #CA4DE1

tetradic

#E1CA4D #4DE180 #4D64E1 #E14DAE

square

#E1CA4D #4DE180 #4D64E1 #E14DAE

split-complementary

#E1CA4D #4DAEE1 #804DE1

monochromatic

#9A861A #CEB323 #E1CA4D #EADA81 #F3E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1CA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E1CA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA4D

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA4D	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed985',
    500: '#e1ca4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca4d;
$custom-light: #eed985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83569,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA4D

secondary

#35459D

accent

#56EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA4D

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

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