#E1CA5F#E1CA5F

#E1CA5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.129 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA5F
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 57.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -4.82, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 55.54, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0165 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.129 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2395, 59.0772, 19.3703)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA5F #5F76E1

analogous

#E1895F #E1CA5F #B7E15F

triadic

#E1CA5F #5FE1CA #CA5FE1

tetradic

#E1CA5F #5FE189 #5F76E1 #E15FB7

square

#E1CA5F #5FE189 #5F76E1 #E15FB7

split-complementary

#E1CA5F #5FB7E1 #895FE1

monochromatic

#A68E1F #D7B92B #E1CA5F #EBDB93 #F4ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E1CA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA5F

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA5F	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.129 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd990',
    500: '#e1ca5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca5f;
$custom-light: #edd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83747,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA5F

secondary

#3B4FA9

accent

#36D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA5F

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

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