#E4C151#E4C151

#E4C151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.135 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C151
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, 0.15, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 59.27, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.004 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.135 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5527, 55.2309, 15.6756)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C151 #5174E4

analogous

#E47751 #E4C151 #BEE451

triadic

#E4C151 #51E4C1 #C151E4

tetradic

#E4C151 #51E477 #5174E4 #E451BE

square

#E4C151 #51E477 #5174E4 #E451BE

split-complementary

#E4C151 #51BEE4 #7751E4

monochromatic

#A28119 #D7AB21 #E4C151 #ECD486 #F4E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E4C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C151

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C151	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.135 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d387',
    500: '#e4c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c151;
$custom-light: #f0d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82062,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C151

secondary

#354FA4

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C151

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

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