#E4C34E#E4C34E

#E4C34E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.138 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C34E
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -1.06, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 61.08, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0079 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.138 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8878, 56.0771, 15.2445)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C34E #4E6FE4

analogous

#E4784E #E4C34E #BAE44E

triadic

#E4C34E #4EE4C3 #C34EE4

tetradic

#E4C34E #4EE478 #4E6FE4 #E44EBA

square

#E4C34E #4EE478 #4E6FE4 #E44EBA

split-complementary

#E4C34E #4EBAE4 #784EE4

monochromatic

#9F8218 #D4AD20 #E4C34E #ECD583 #F4E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E4C34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C34E

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C34E	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.138 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d485',
    500: '#e4c34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c34e;
$custom-light: #f0d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82435,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C34E

secondary

#344CA2

accent

#60F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C34E

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

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