#E4C04F#E4C04F

#E4C04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.136 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C04F
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, 0.55, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 59.85, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0031 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.136 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2585, 54.7607, 15.2129)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C04F #4F73E4

analogous

#E4754F #E4C04F #BEE44F

triadic

#E4C04F #4FE4C0 #C04FE4

tetradic

#E4C04F #4FE475 #4F73E4 #E44FBE

square

#E4C04F #4FE475 #4F73E4 #E44FBE

split-complementary

#E4C04F #4FBEE4 #754FE4

monochromatic

#A07F19 #D5AA21 #E4C04F #ECD384 #F4E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E4C04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#E4C04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C04F

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C04F	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)

#D4BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.136 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d285',
    500: '#e4c04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c04f;
$custom-light: #f0d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81842,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C04F

secondary

#344FA3

accent

#40D610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C04F

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

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