#E4C249#E4C249

#E4C249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C249
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -0.83, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 62.86, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0078 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.141 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4920, 55.5615, 14.2616)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C249 #496BE4

analogous

#E47549 #E4C249 #B9E449

triadic

#E4C249 #49E4C2 #C249E4

tetradic

#E4C249 #49E475 #496BE4 #E449B9

square

#E4C249 #49E475 #496BE4 #E449B9

split-complementary

#E4C249 #49B9E4 #7549E4

monochromatic

#9C7E17 #D1AA1F #E4C249 #ECD47E #F4E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E4C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C249

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C249	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)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d482',
    500: '#e4c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c249;
$custom-light: #f0d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8219,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C249

secondary

#324A9F

accent

#60F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C249

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

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