#E1CA68#E1CA68

#E1CA68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.121 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA68
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 53.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -4.13, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 51.41, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0135 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.121 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6725, 59.2504, 21.6506)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA68 #687FE1

analogous

#E18E68 #E1CA68 #BCE168

triadic

#E1CA68 #68E1CA #CA68E1

tetradic

#E1CA68 #68E18E #687FE1 #E168BC

square

#E1CA68 #68E18E #687FE1 #E168BC

split-complementary

#E1CA68 #68BCE1 #8E68E1

monochromatic

#AC9222 #D7B835 #E1CA68 #EBDC9B #F5EECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E1CA68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E1CA68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA68

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA68	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.121 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd996',
    500: '#e1ca68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca68;
$custom-light: #edd996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83852,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA68

secondary

#3F54AE

accent

#3ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA68

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

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