#E1CA53#E1CA53

#E1CA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA53
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -5.63, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 60.80, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0202 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7355, 58.8756, 16.7156)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA53 #536AE1

analogous

#E18353 #E1CA53 #B1E153

triadic

#E1CA53 #53E1CA #CA53E1

tetradic

#E1CA53 #53E183 #536AE1 #E153B1

square

#E1CA53 #53E183 #536AE1 #E153B1

split-complementary

#E1CA53 #53B1E1 #8353E1

monochromatic

#9E891C #D2B625 #E1CA53 #EADA87 #F3EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E1CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA53

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA53	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)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed988',
    500: '#e1ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca53;
$custom-light: #eed988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83623,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA53

secondary

#3748A1

accent

#32D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA53

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

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