#E1CA65#E1CA65

#E1CA65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.124 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA65
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -4.36, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 52.80, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0145 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.124 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.5229, 59.1905, 20.8624)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA65 #657CE1

analogous

#E18C65 #E1CA65 #BAE165

triadic

#E1CA65 #65E1CA #CA65E1

tetradic

#E1CA65 #65E18C #657CE1 #E165BA

square

#E1CA65 #65E18C #657CE1 #E165BA

split-complementary

#E1CA65 #65BAE1 #8C65E1

monochromatic

#AA9121 #D7B832 #E1CA65 #EBDC98 #F5EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E1CA65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E1CA65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA65

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA65	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.124 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd994',
    500: '#e1ca65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca65;
$custom-light: #edd994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83816,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA65

secondary

#3E52AC

accent

#39CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA65

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

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