#E4C149#E4C149

#E4C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C149
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -0.31, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 62.59, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0063 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.141 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2702, 55.1179, 14.1877)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C149 #496CE4

analogous

#E47449 #E4C149 #B9E449

triadic

#E4C149 #49E4C1 #C149E4

tetradic

#E4C149 #49E474 #496CE4 #E449B9

square

#E4C149 #49E474 #496CE4 #E449B9

split-complementary

#E4C149 #49B9E4 #7449E4

monochromatic

#9C7E17 #D1A91F #E4C149 #ECD37E #F4E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E4C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E4C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C149

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C149	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)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d382',
    500: '#e4c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c149;
$custom-light: #f0d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81989,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C149

secondary

#324B9F

accent

#61F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C149

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

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