#E1CA79#E1CA79

#E1CA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.104 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1CA79
RGB	rgb(225, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -2.62, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 43.29, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0073 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.104 94)
XYZ	xyz(55.6247, 59.6313, 26.6654)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1CA79 #7990E1

analogous

#E19679 #E1CA79 #C4E179

triadic

#E1CA79 #79E1CA #CA79E1

tetradic

#E1CA79 #79E196 #7990E1 #E179C4

square

#E1CA79 #79E196 #7990E1 #E179C4

split-complementary

#E1CA79 #79C4E1 #9679E1

monochromatic

#B79729 #D6B647 #E1CA79 #ECDEAB #F7F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E1CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E1CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1CA79

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1CA79	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.104 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd9a1',
    500: '#e1ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1ca79;
$custom-light: #ecd9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.731,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84085,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.59629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1CA79

secondary

#4760B8

accent

#41CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1CA79

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

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