#E1CA5B#E1CA5B

#E1CA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA5B
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 59.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -5.10, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 57.33, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0178 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0624, 59.0063, 18.4372)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA5B #5B72E1

analogous

#E1875B #E1CA5B #B5E15B

triadic

#E1CA5B #5BE1CA #CA5BE1

tetradic

#E1CA5B #5BE187 #5B72E1 #E15BB5

square

#E1CA5B #5BE187 #5B72E1 #E15BB5

split-complementary

#E1CA5B #5BB5E1 #875BE1

monochromatic

#A48D1E #D7B927 #E1CA5B #EADB8F #F4EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#E1CA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA5B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA5B	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd98d',
    500: '#e1ca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca5b;
$custom-light: #edd98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83703,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA5B

secondary

#3A4DA6

accent

#35D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA5B

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

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