#E1CA52#E1CA52

#E1CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA52
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -5.69, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 61.22, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0205 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6972, 58.8603, 16.5137)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA52 #5269E1

analogous

#E18352 #E1CA52 #B0E152

triadic

#E1CA52 #52E1CA #CA52E1

tetradic

#E1CA52 #52E183 #5269E1 #E152B0

square

#E1CA52 #52E183 #5269E1 #E152B0

split-complementary

#E1CA52 #52B0E1 #8352E1

monochromatic

#9D881B #D1B624 #E1CA52 #EADA86 #F3EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E1CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA52

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA52	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed988',
    500: '#e1ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca52;
$custom-light: #eed988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83614,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA52

secondary

#3748A1

accent

#32D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA52

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

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