#E4C23F#E4C23F

#E4C23F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.148 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C23F
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -1.32, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 66.71, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0103 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.148 94)
XYZ	xyz(52.1867, 55.4394, 12.6538)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C23F #3F61E4

analogous

#E46F3F #E4C23F #B4E43F

triadic

#E4C23F #3FE4C2 #C23FE4

tetradic

#E4C23F #3FE46F #3F61E4 #E43FB4

square

#E4C23F #3FE46F #3F61E4 #E43FB4

split-complementary

#E4C23F #3FB4E4 #6F3FE4

monochromatic

#947A15 #C9A61C #E4C23F #ECD375 #F3E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E4C23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E4C23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C23F

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C23F	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.148 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d47c',
    500: '#e4c23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c23f;
$custom-light: #f1d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.636,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82113,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.55436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C23F

secondary

#2F4598

accent

#5DF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C23F

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

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