#E4BD45#E4BD45

#E4BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.141 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BD45
RGB	rgb(228, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, 1.56, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 63.16, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0014 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.141 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2695, 53.3219, 13.2208)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BD45 #456CE4

analogous

#E46D45 #E4BD45 #BBE445

triadic

#E4BD45 #45E4BD #BD45E4

tetradic

#E4BD45 #45E46D #456CE4 #E445BB

square

#E4BD45 #45E46D #456CE4 #E445BB

split-complementary

#E4BD45 #45BBE4 #6D45E4

monochromatic

#987816 #CEA31E #E4BD45 #ECD07A #F4E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E4BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#E4BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BD45

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BD45	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.141 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d07f',
    500: '#e4bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bd45;
$custom-light: #f1d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81156,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BD45

secondary

#314B9C

accent

#64F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BD45

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

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