#E4C048#E4C048

#E4C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.141 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C048
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, 0.16, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 62.73, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0051 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.141 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0170, 54.6641, 13.9410)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C048 #486CE4

analogous

#E47248 #E4C048 #BAE448

triadic

#E4C048 #48E4C0 #C048E4

tetradic

#E4C048 #48E472 #486CE4 #E448BA

square

#E4C048 #48E472 #486CE4 #E448BA

split-complementary

#E4C048 #48BAE4 #7248E4

monochromatic

#9B7C17 #D0A71F #E4C048 #ECD27D #F4E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E4C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#E4C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C048

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C048	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.141 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d281',
    500: '#e4c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c048;
$custom-light: #f0d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8178,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C048

secondary

#324B9E

accent

#62F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C048

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

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