#E4C24F#E4C24F

#E4C24F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.137 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C24F
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -0.49, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 60.39, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0061 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.137 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7006, 55.6449, 15.3603)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C24F #4F71E4

analogous

#E4784F #E4C24F #BBE44F

triadic

#E4C24F #4FE4C2 #C24FE4

tetradic

#E4C24F #4FE478 #4F71E4 #E44FBB

square

#E4C24F #4FE478 #4F71E4 #E44FBB

split-complementary

#E4C24F #4FBBE4 #784FE4

monochromatic

#A08119 #D5AC21 #E4C24F #ECD484 #F4E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#E4C24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C24F

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C24F	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)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.137 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d485',
    500: '#e4c24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c24f;
$custom-light: #f0d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82243,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C24F

secondary

#344EA3

accent

#3DD610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C24F

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

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