#E4C349#E4C349

#E4C349 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C349
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -1.34, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 63.13, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0093 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.142 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7153, 56.0081, 14.3361)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C349 #496AE4

analogous

#E47649 #E4C349 #B8E449

triadic

#E4C349 #49E4C3 #C349E4

tetradic

#E4C349 #49E476 #496AE4 #E449B8

square

#E4C349 #49E476 #496AE4 #E449B8

split-complementary

#E4C349 #49B8E4 #7649E4

monochromatic

#9C7F17 #D1AB1F #E4C349 #ECD57E #F4E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E4C349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C349

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C349	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d482',
    500: '#e4c349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c349;
$custom-light: #f0d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82392,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C349

secondary

#32499F

accent

#5FF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C349

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

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