#E4C049#E4C049

#E4C049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.140 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C049
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, 0.21, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 62.32, 89.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0048 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.14 92)
XYZ	xyz(52.0498, 54.6773, 14.1142)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C049 #496DE4

analogous

#E47349 #E4C049 #BAE449

triadic

#E4C049 #49E4C0 #C049E4

tetradic

#E4C049 #49E473 #496DE4 #E449BA

square

#E4C049 #49E473 #496DE4 #E449BA

split-complementary

#E4C049 #49BAE4 #7349E4

monochromatic

#9C7D17 #D1A81F #E4C049 #ECD27E #F4E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E4C049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#E4C049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C049

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C049	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)

#D4BD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.140 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d282',
    500: '#e4c049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c049;
$custom-light: #f0d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81789,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.54674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C049

secondary

#324C9F

accent

#62F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C049

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →