#E4C250#E4C250

#E4C250 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.136 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C250
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -0.43, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 59.97, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0058 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.136 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7372, 55.6596, 15.5535)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C250 #5072E4

analogous

#E47850 #E4C250 #BCE450

triadic

#E4C250 #50E4C2 #C250E4

tetradic

#E4C250 #50E478 #5072E4 #E450BC

square

#E4C250 #50E478 #5072E4 #E450BC

split-complementary

#E4C250 #50BCE4 #7850E4

monochromatic

#A18219 #D6AC21 #E4C250 #ECD485 #F4E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#E4C250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C250

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C250	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)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.136 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d486',
    500: '#e4c250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c250;
$custom-light: #f0d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82253,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C250

secondary

#354EA4

accent

#3DD510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C250

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

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