#E4C03F#E4C03F
#E4C03F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.147 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C03F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 192, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 75%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 72%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 72.4%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.78, -0.28, 66.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.78, 66.20, 90.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.71% -0.0074 0.1465) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.71% 0.147 92.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.7446, 54.5551, 12.5064) |
| Luminance | 0.5455 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.12
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.75
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.92
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.04
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.08
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C03F #3F63E4
analogous
#E46E3F #E4C03F #B6E43F
triadic
#E4C03F #3FE4C0 #C03FE4
tetradic
#E4C03F #3FE46E #3F63E4 #E43FB6
square
#E4C03F #3FE46E #3F63E4 #E43FB6
split-complementary
#E4C03F #3FB6E4 #6E3FE4
monochromatic
#947815 #C9A41C #E4C03F #ECD275 #F3E3AA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#E4C03F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.91
#E4C03F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C03F
11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C03F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C03F | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.91 | 11.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC746
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B1A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c03f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.147 92.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d27c',
500: '#e4c03f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c03f; $custom-light: #f1d27c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c03f",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 192,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.909,
"s": 75.342,
"l": 57.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8171,
"c": 0.14669,
"h": 92.9
},
"luminance": 0.54552
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C03F
secondary
#2F4698
accent
#5FF236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140A
muted
#85837D