#E4C148#E4C148

#E4C148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C148
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -0.36, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 62.99, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0066 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.141 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2373, 55.1047, 14.0145)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C148 #486BE4

analogous

#E47348 #E4C148 #B9E448

triadic

#E4C148 #48E4C1 #C148E4

tetradic

#E4C148 #48E473 #486BE4 #E448B9

square

#E4C148 #48E473 #486BE4 #E448B9

split-complementary

#E4C148 #48B9E4 #7348E4

monochromatic

#9B7D17 #D0A81F #E4C148 #ECD37D #F4E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E4C148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E4C148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C148

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C148	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d381',
    500: '#e4c148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c148;
$custom-light: #f0d381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.538,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81981,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C148

secondary

#324A9E

accent

#61F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C148

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

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