#E4C155#E4C155

#E4C155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.132 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C155
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, 0.40, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 57.55, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0028 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.132 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7071, 55.2927, 16.4889)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C155 #5578E4

analogous

#E47A55 #E4C155 #C0E455

triadic

#E4C155 #55E4C1 #C155E4

tetradic

#E4C155 #55E47A #5578E4 #E455C0

square

#E4C155 #55E47A #5578E4 #E455C0

split-complementary

#E4C155 #55C0E4 #7A55E4

monochromatic

#A4831A #D9AD23 #E4C155 #ECD48A #F5E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E4C155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C155

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C155	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.132 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d389',
    500: '#e4c155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c155;
$custom-light: #f0d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82101,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C155

secondary

#3652A7

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C155

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

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