#E1CA63#E1CA63

#E1CA63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA63
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 56%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -4.52, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 53.72, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0152 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4261, 59.1518, 20.3526)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA63 #637AE1

analogous

#E18B63 #E1CA63 #B9E163

triadic

#E1CA63 #63E1CA #CA63E1

tetradic

#E1CA63 #63E18B #637AE1 #E163B9

square

#E1CA63 #63E18B #637AE1 #E163B9

split-complementary

#E1CA63 #63B9E1 #8B63E1

monochromatic

#A99021 #D7B930 #E1CA63 #EBDB96 #F5EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CA63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E1CA63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA63

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA63	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd992',
    500: '#e1ca63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca63;
$custom-light: #edd992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83792,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA63

secondary

#3D51AB

accent

#38D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA63

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

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