#E4C154#E4C154

#E4C154 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.133 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C154
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, 0.33, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 57.99, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0031 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.133 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6677, 55.2769, 16.2812)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C154 #5477E4

analogous

#E47954 #E4C154 #BFE454

triadic

#E4C154 #54E4C1 #C154E4

tetradic

#E4C154 #54E479 #5477E4 #E454BF

square

#E4C154 #54E479 #5477E4 #E454BF

split-complementary

#E4C154 #54BFE4 #7954E4

monochromatic

#A4821A #D9AC22 #E4C154 #ECD489 #F5E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E4C154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C154

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C154	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)

#D4BE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.133 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d388',
    500: '#e4c154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c154;
$custom-light: #f0d388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82091,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C154

secondary

#3651A6

accent

#40D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C154

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

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