#E4C248#E4C248

#E4C248 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C248
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -0.88, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 63.26, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0081 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.142 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4591, 55.5483, 14.0884)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C248 #486AE4

analogous

#E47448 #E4C248 #B8E448

triadic

#E4C248 #48E4C2 #C248E4

tetradic

#E4C248 #48E474 #486AE4 #E448B8

square

#E4C248 #48E474 #486AE4 #E448B8

split-complementary

#E4C248 #48B8E4 #7448E4

monochromatic

#9B7E17 #D0A91F #E4C248 #ECD47D #F4E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E4C248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C248

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C248	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d481',
    500: '#e4c248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c248;
$custom-light: #f0d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.923,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82182,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C248

secondary

#324A9E

accent

#5FF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C248

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

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