#E1CA69#E1CA69

#E1CA69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.120 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA69
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -4.04, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 50.94, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0131 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.12 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7236, 59.2708, 21.9197)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA69 #6980E1

analogous

#E18E69 #E1CA69 #BCE169

triadic

#E1CA69 #69E1CA #CA69E1

tetradic

#E1CA69 #69E18E #6980E1 #E169BC

square

#E1CA69 #69E18E #6980E1 #E169BC

split-complementary

#E1CA69 #69BCE1 #8E69E1

monochromatic

#AD9223 #D7B836 #E1CA69 #EBDC9C #F5EECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E1CA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E1CA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA69

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA69	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)

#DBC660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.120 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edd996',
    500: '#e1ca69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca69;
$custom-light: #edd996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83865,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA69

secondary

#4055AF

accent

#3ACF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA69

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

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