#E4C24C#E4C24C

#E4C24C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.139 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C24C
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -0.66, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 61.64, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.007 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.139 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5938, 55.6023, 14.7982)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C24C #4C6EE4

analogous

#E4764C #E4C24C #BAE44C

triadic

#E4C24C #4CE4C2 #C24CE4

tetradic

#E4C24C #4CE476 #4C6EE4 #E44CBA

square

#E4C24C #4CE476 #4C6EE4 #E44CBA

split-complementary

#E4C24C #4CBAE4 #764CE4

monochromatic

#9E8018 #D3AB20 #E4C24C #ECD481 #F4E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E4C24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C24C

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C24C	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.139 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d484',
    500: '#e4c24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c24c;
$custom-light: #f0d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82216,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C24C

secondary

#334CA1

accent

#61F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C24C

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

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