#E4C252#E4C252

#E4C252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.135 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C252
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -0.31, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 59.12, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0052 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.135 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8122, 55.6896, 15.9484)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C252 #5274E4

analogous

#E47952 #E4C252 #BDE452

triadic

#E4C252 #52E4C2 #C252E4

tetradic

#E4C252 #52E479 #5274E4 #E452BD

square

#E4C252 #52E479 #5274E4 #E452BD

split-complementary

#E4C252 #52BDE4 #7952E4

monochromatic

#A28219 #D7AD22 #E4C252 #ECD587 #F5E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E4C252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C252

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C252	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.135 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d487',
    500: '#e4c252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c252;
$custom-light: #f0d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82272,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C252

secondary

#354FA5

accent

#3ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C252

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

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