#E4C25A#E4C25A

#E4C25A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.128 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C25A
RGB	rgb(228, 194, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, 0.21, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 55.63, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0028 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.128 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1346, 55.8186, 17.6462)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C25A #5A7CE4

analogous

#E47D5A #E4C25A #C1E45A

triadic

#E4C25A #5AE4C2 #C25AE4

tetradic

#E4C25A #5AE47D #5A7CE4 #E45AC1

square

#E4C25A #5AE47D #5A7CE4 #E45AC1

split-complementary

#E4C25A #5AC1E4 #7D5AE4

monochromatic

#A8851C #DBAF25 #E4C25A #EDD58F #F5E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E4C25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E4C25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C25A

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C25A	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)

#D5BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 194, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.128 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48c',
    500: '#e4c25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c25a;
$custom-light: #f0d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82353,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C25A

secondary

#3854AA

accent

#41D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C25A

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

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