#E4C04C#E4C04C

#E4C04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.138 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C04C
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, 0.38, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 61.10, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.004 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.138 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1517, 54.7180, 14.6508)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C04C #4C70E4

analogous

#E4744C #E4C04C #BCE44C

triadic

#E4C04C #4CE4C0 #C04CE4

tetradic

#E4C04C #4CE474 #4C70E4 #E44CBC

square

#E4C04C #4CE474 #4C70E4 #E44CBC

split-complementary

#E4C04C #4CBCE4 #744CE4

monochromatic

#9E7E18 #D3A920 #E4C04C #ECD381 #F4E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E4C04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#E4C04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C04C

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C04C	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.138 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d283',
    500: '#e4c04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c04c;
$custom-light: #f0d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81815,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C04C

secondary

#334DA1

accent

#63F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C04C

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

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