#E1CA72#E1CA72

#E1CA72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.112 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA72
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -3.27, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 46.68, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0099 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.112 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2109, 59.4658, 24.4861)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA72 #7289E1

analogous

#E19372 #E1CA72 #C0E172

triadic

#E1CA72 #72E1CA #CA72E1

tetradic

#E1CA72 #72E193 #7289E1 #E172C0

square

#E1CA72 #72E193 #7289E1 #E172C0

split-complementary

#E1CA72 #72C0E1 #9372E1

monochromatic

#B39526 #D6B740 #E1CA72 #ECDDA4 #F6F0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E1CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E1CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA72

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA72	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.112 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd99c',
    500: '#e1ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca72;
$custom-light: #ecd99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83984,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA72

secondary

#435BB4

accent

#3ECD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA72

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

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