#E4C259#E4C259

#E4C259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.129 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C259
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, 0.14, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 56.08, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0031 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.129 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0923, 55.8016, 17.4235)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C259 #597BE4

analogous

#E47D59 #E4C259 #C0E459

triadic

#E4C259 #59E4C2 #C259E4

tetradic

#E4C259 #59E47D #597BE4 #E459C0

square

#E4C259 #59E47D #597BE4 #E459C0

split-complementary

#E4C259 #59C0E4 #7D59E4

monochromatic

#A7851B #DBAF24 #E4C259 #EDD58E #F5E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E4C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C259

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C259	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.129 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48c',
    500: '#e4c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c259;
$custom-light: #f0d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82343,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C259

secondary

#3854A9

accent

#41D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C259

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

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