#E4C04D#E4C04D

#E4C04D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.137 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C04D
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 66.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, 0.43, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 60.68, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0037 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.137 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1868, 54.7320, 14.8353)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C04D #4D71E4

analogous

#E4744D #E4C04D #BDE44D

triadic

#E4C04D #4DE4C0 #C04DE4

tetradic

#E4C04D #4DE474 #4D71E4 #E44DBD

square

#E4C04D #4DE474 #4D71E4 #E44DBD

split-complementary

#E4C04D #4DBDE4 #744DE4

monochromatic

#9F7E18 #D4A920 #E4C04D #ECD382 #F4E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E4C04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#E4C04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C04D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C04D	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.137 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d284',
    500: '#e4c04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c04d;
$custom-light: #f0d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81824,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C04D

secondary

#344EA2

accent

#64F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C04D

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

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