#E4C255#E4C255

#E4C255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.132 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C255
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -0.12, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 57.83, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0043 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.132 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9289, 55.7363, 16.5629)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C255 #5577E4

analogous

#E47B55 #E4C255 #BFE455

triadic

#E4C255 #55E4C2 #C255E4

tetradic

#E4C255 #55E47B #5577E4 #E455BF

square

#E4C255 #55E47B #5577E4 #E455BF

split-complementary

#E4C255 #55BFE4 #7B55E4

monochromatic

#A4841A #D9AE23 #E4C255 #ECD58A #F5E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E4C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C255

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C255	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.132 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d489',
    500: '#e4c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c255;
$custom-light: #f0d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82301,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C255

secondary

#3651A7

accent

#3FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C255

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

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