#E4C150#E4C150

#E4C150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.136 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C150
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, 0.09, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 59.70, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0043 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.136 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5154, 55.2160, 15.4795)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C150 #5073E4

analogous

#E47750 #E4C150 #BDE450

triadic

#E4C150 #50E4C1 #C150E4

tetradic

#E4C150 #50E477 #5073E4 #E450BD

square

#E4C150 #50E477 #5073E4 #E450BD

split-complementary

#E4C150 #50BDE4 #7750E4

monochromatic

#A18119 #D6AB21 #E4C150 #ECD485 #F4E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E4C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C150

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C150	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)

#D5BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.136 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d386',
    500: '#e4c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c150;
$custom-light: #f0d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82052,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C150

secondary

#354FA4

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C150

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

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