#E1CA64#E1CA64

#E1CA64 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.125 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA64
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 100)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 55.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -4.44, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 53.27, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0148 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.125 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.4742, 59.1711, 20.6059)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA64 #647BE1

analogous

#E18B64 #E1CA64 #B9E164

triadic

#E1CA64 #64E1CA #CA64E1

tetradic

#E1CA64 #64E18B #647BE1 #E164B9

square

#E1CA64 #64E18B #647BE1 #E164B9

split-complementary

#E1CA64 #64B9E1 #8B64E1

monochromatic

#AA9121 #D7B831 #E1CA64 #EBDC97 #F5EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CA64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E1CA64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA64

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA64	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)

#DBC65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.125 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd993',
    500: '#e1ca64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca64;
$custom-light: #edd993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83804,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA64

secondary

#3D52AC

accent

#38CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA64

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

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