#E4C052#E4C052

#E4C052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.134 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C052
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, 0.73, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 58.57, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0022 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.134 91)
XYZ	xyz(52.3701, 54.8054, 15.8011)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C052 #5276E4

analogous

#E47752 #E4C052 #BFE452

triadic

#E4C052 #52E4C0 #C052E4

tetradic

#E4C052 #52E477 #5276E4 #E452BF

square

#E4C052 #52E477 #5276E4 #E452BF

split-complementary

#E4C052 #52BFE4 #7752E4

monochromatic

#A28119 #D7AA22 #E4C052 #ECD387 #F5E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E4C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#E4C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C052

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C052	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.134 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d287',
    500: '#e4c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c052;
$custom-light: #f0d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81871,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.54802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C052

secondary

#3551A5

accent

#41D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C052

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

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