#E4C24E#E4C24E

#E4C24E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.138 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C24E
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -0.55, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 60.81, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0064 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.138 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6645, 55.6305, 15.1701)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C24E #4E70E4

analogous

#E4774E #E4C24E #BBE44E

triadic

#E4C24E #4EE4C2 #C24EE4

tetradic

#E4C24E #4EE477 #4E70E4 #E44EBB

square

#E4C24E #4EE477 #4E70E4 #E44EBB

split-complementary

#E4C24E #4EBBE4 #774EE4

monochromatic

#9F8118 #D4AC20 #E4C24E #ECD483 #F4E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#E4C24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C24E

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C24E	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.138 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d485',
    500: '#e4c24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c24e;
$custom-light: #f0d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82234,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C24E

secondary

#344DA2

accent

#61F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C24E

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

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