#E4C14D#E4C14D

#E4C14D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C14D
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 66.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -0.09, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 60.95, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0052 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.138 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4071, 55.1727, 14.9087)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C14D #4D70E4

analogous

#E4764D #E4C14D #BBE44D

triadic

#E4C14D #4DE4C1 #C14DE4

tetradic

#E4C14D #4DE476 #4D70E4 #E44DBB

square

#E4C14D #4DE476 #4D70E4 #E44DBB

split-complementary

#E4C14D #4DBBE4 #764DE4

monochromatic

#9F7F18 #D4AA20 #E4C14D #ECD482 #F4E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E4C14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E4C14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C14D

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C14D	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d384',
    500: '#e4c14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c14d;
$custom-light: #f0d384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82024,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C14D

secondary

#344DA2

accent

#62F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C14D

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

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