#E4C156#E4C156

#E4C156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.131 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C156
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, 0.46, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 57.12, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0025 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.131 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7471, 55.3087, 16.6996)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C156 #5679E4

analogous

#E47A56 #E4C156 #C0E456

triadic

#E4C156 #56E4C1 #C156E4

tetradic

#E4C156 #56E47A #5679E4 #E456C0

square

#E4C156 #56E47A #5679E4 #E456C0

split-complementary

#E4C156 #56C0E4 #7A56E4

monochromatic

#A5831A #DAAD23 #E4C156 #ECD48B #F5E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E4C156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C156

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C156	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)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.131 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d38a',
    500: '#e4c156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c156;
$custom-light: #f0d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82111,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C156

secondary

#3753A7

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C156

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

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