#E4BD48#E4BD48

#E4BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BD48
RGB	rgb(228, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 1.72, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 61.97, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0006 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.139 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3650, 53.3601, 13.7237)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BD48 #486FE4

analogous

#E46F48 #E4BD48 #BDE448

triadic

#E4BD48 #48E4BD #BD48E4

tetradic

#E4BD48 #48E46F #486FE4 #E448BD

square

#E4BD48 #48E46F #486FE4 #E448BD

split-complementary

#E4BD48 #48BDE4 #6F48E4

monochromatic

#9B7A17 #D0A41F #E4BD48 #ECD07D #F4E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E4BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#E4BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BD48

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BD48	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d081',
    500: '#e4bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bd48;
$custom-light: #f0d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81181,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BD48

secondary

#324D9E

accent

#65F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BD48

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

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