#E4BF48#E4BF48

#E4BF48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.140 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4BF48
RGB	rgb(228, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, 0.68, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 62.47, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0036 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.14 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7981, 54.2265, 13.8681)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4BF48 #486DE4

analogous

#E47148 #E4BF48 #BBE448

triadic

#E4BF48 #48E4BF #BF48E4

tetradic

#E4BF48 #48E471 #486DE4 #E448BB

square

#E4BF48 #48E471 #486DE4 #E448BB

split-complementary

#E4BF48 #48BBE4 #7148E4

monochromatic

#9B7B17 #D0A61F #E4BF48 #ECD27D #F4E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E4BF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#E4BF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4BF48

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4BF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4BF48	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4bf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.140 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d281',
    500: '#e4bf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4bf48;
$custom-light: #f0d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4bf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.769,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8158,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4BF48

secondary

#324C9E

accent

#63F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4BF48

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

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