#E4C152#E4C152

#E4C152 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.134 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C152
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, 0.21, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 58.85, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0037 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.134 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5904, 55.2460, 15.8745)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C152 #5275E4

analogous

#E47852 #E4C152 #BEE452

triadic

#E4C152 #52E4C1 #C152E4

tetradic

#E4C152 #52E478 #5275E4 #E452BE

square

#E4C152 #52E478 #5275E4 #E452BE

split-complementary

#E4C152 #52BEE4 #7852E4

monochromatic

#A28119 #D7AC22 #E4C152 #ECD487 #F5E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E4C152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C152

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C152	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)

#D5BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.134 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d387',
    500: '#e4c152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c152;
$custom-light: #f0d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82071,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C152

secondary

#3550A5

accent

#40D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C152

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

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