#E1CA5D#E1CA5D

#E1CA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA5D
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -4.96, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 56.44, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0171 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1498, 59.0413, 18.8976)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA5D #5D74E1

analogous

#E1885D #E1CA5D #B6E15D

triadic

#E1CA5D #5DE1CA #CA5DE1

tetradic

#E1CA5D #5DE188 #5D74E1 #E15DB6

square

#E1CA5D #5DE188 #5D74E1 #E15DB6

split-complementary

#E1CA5D #5DB6E1 #885DE1

monochromatic

#A58E1F #D7B929 #E1CA5D #EBDB91 #F4ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E1CA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA5D

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA5D	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd98e',
    500: '#e1ca5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca5d;
$custom-light: #edd98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83725,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA5D

secondary

#3B4EA8

accent

#36D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA5D

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

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