#E4C14F#E4C14F

#E4C14F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.136 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C14F
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, 0.03, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 60.12, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0046 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.136 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4788, 55.2013, 15.2864)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C14F #4F72E4

analogous

#E4764F #E4C14F #BCE44F

triadic

#E4C14F #4FE4C1 #C14FE4

tetradic

#E4C14F #4FE476 #4F72E4 #E44FBC

square

#E4C14F #4FE476 #4F72E4 #E44FBC

split-complementary

#E4C14F #4FBCE4 #764FE4

monochromatic

#A08019 #D5AB21 #E4C14F #ECD484 #F4E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E4C14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C14F

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C14F	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)

#D5BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.136 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d385',
    500: '#e4c14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c14f;
$custom-light: #f0d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82043,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C14F

secondary

#344EA3

accent

#3ED610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C14F

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

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