#E4C14E#E4C14E

#E4C14E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.137 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C14E
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -0.03, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 60.54, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0049 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.137 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4426, 55.1869, 15.0961)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C14E #4E71E4

analogous

#E4764E #E4C14E #BCE44E

triadic

#E4C14E #4EE4C1 #C14EE4

tetradic

#E4C14E #4EE476 #4E71E4 #E44EBC

square

#E4C14E #4EE476 #4E71E4 #E44EBC

split-complementary

#E4C14E #4EBCE4 #764EE4

monochromatic

#9F8018 #D4AA20 #E4C14E #ECD483 #F4E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E4C14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C14E

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C14E	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.137 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d385',
    500: '#e4c14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c14e;
$custom-light: #f0d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82033,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C14E

secondary

#344EA2

accent

#63F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C14E

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

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