#E4C054#E4C054

#E4C054 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.132 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C054
RGB	rgb(228, 192, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, 0.85, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 57.71, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0016 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.132 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4473, 54.8363, 16.2077)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C054 #5478E4

analogous

#E47854 #E4C054 #C0E454

triadic

#E4C054 #54E4C0 #C054E4

tetradic

#E4C054 #54E478 #5478E4 #E454C0

square

#E4C054 #54E478 #5478E4 #E454C0

split-complementary

#E4C054 #54C0E4 #7854E4

monochromatic

#A4811A #D9AB22 #E4C054 #ECD389 #F5E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E4C054 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E4C054 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C054

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C054	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C054	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c054;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 192, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.132 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d288',
    500: '#e4c054',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c054;
$custom-light: #f0d288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c054",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81891,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C054

secondary

#3652A6

accent

#42D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C054

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

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