#E4C256#E4C256

#E4C256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.132 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C256
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -0.06, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 57.39, 90.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.004 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.132 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9689, 55.7523, 16.7736)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C256 #5678E4

analogous

#E47B56 #E4C256 #BFE456

triadic

#E4C256 #56E4C2 #C256E4

tetradic

#E4C256 #56E47B #5678E4 #E456BF

square

#E4C256 #56E47B #5678E4 #E456BF

split-complementary

#E4C256 #56BFE4 #7B56E4

monochromatic

#A5841A #DAAE23 #E4C256 #ECD58B #F5E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E4C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C256

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C256	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.132 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48a',
    500: '#e4c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c256;
$custom-light: #f0d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82311,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C256

secondary

#3752A7

accent

#40D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C256

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →