#E1CA4F#E1CA4F

#E1CA4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA4F
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -5.87, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 62.47, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0214 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5855, 58.8156, 15.9256)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA4F #4F66E1

analogous

#E1814F #E1CA4F #AFE14F

triadic

#E1CA4F #4FE1CA #CA4FE1

tetradic

#E1CA4F #4FE181 #4F66E1 #E14FAF

square

#E1CA4F #4FE181 #4F66E1 #E14FAF

split-complementary

#E1CA4F #4FAFE1 #814FE1

monochromatic

#9B871A #CFB423 #E1CA4F #EADA83 #F3E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E1CA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E1CA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA4F

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA4F	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)

#DDC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed986',
    500: '#e1ca4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca4f;
$custom-light: #eed986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83586,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA4F

secondary

#35469F

accent

#56EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA4F

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

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