#E4C157#E4C157

#E4C157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.130 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C157
RGB	rgb(228, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, 0.53, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 56.68, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0022 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.13 91)
XYZ	xyz(52.7877, 55.3249, 16.9133)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C157 #577AE4

analogous

#E47A57 #E4C157 #C1E457

triadic

#E4C157 #57E4C1 #C157E4

tetradic

#E4C157 #57E47A #577AE4 #E457C1

square

#E4C157 #57E47A #577AE4 #E457C1

split-complementary

#E4C157 #57C1E4 #7A57E4

monochromatic

#A6831B #DBAD23 #E4C157 #ECD48C #F5E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E4C157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C157

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C157	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)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.130 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d38a',
    500: '#e4c157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c157;
$custom-light: #f0d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82121,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.55322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C157

secondary

#3753A8

accent

#42D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C157

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →