#E1CA74#E1CA74

#E1CA74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.110 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA74
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 48.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -3.09, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 45.71, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0092 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.11 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3260, 59.5118, 25.0922)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA74 #748BE1

analogous

#E19474 #E1CA74 #C2E174

triadic

#E1CA74 #74E1CA #CA74E1

tetradic

#E1CA74 #74E194 #748BE1 #E174C2

square

#E1CA74 #74E194 #748BE1 #E174C2

split-complementary

#E1CA74 #74C2E1 #9474E1

monochromatic

#B49627 #D6B742 #E1CA74 #ECDDA6 #F7F0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E1CA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E1CA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA74

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA74	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.110 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd99e',
    500: '#e1ca74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca74;
$custom-light: #ecd99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.339,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84012,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA74

secondary

#445CB5

accent

#3FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA74

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

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