#E4C050#E4C050

#E4C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.135 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C050
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, 0.61, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 59.43, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0028 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.135 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2951, 54.7754, 15.4061)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C050 #5074E4

analogous

#E47650 #E4C050 #BEE450

triadic

#E4C050 #50E4C0 #C050E4

tetradic

#E4C050 #50E476 #5074E4 #E450BE

square

#E4C050 #50E476 #5074E4 #E450BE

split-complementary

#E4C050 #50BEE4 #7650E4

monochromatic

#A18019 #D6AA21 #E4C050 #ECD385 #F4E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E4C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#E4C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C050

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C050	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)

#D4BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.135 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d286',
    500: '#e4c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c050;
$custom-light: #f0d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81852,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C050

secondary

#3550A4

accent

#40D510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C050

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

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