#E4C34F#E4C34F

#E4C34F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.138 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C34F
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -1.01, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 60.67, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0076 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.138 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9239, 56.0916, 15.4347)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C34F #4F70E4

analogous

#E4784F #E4C34F #BBE44F

triadic

#E4C34F #4FE4C3 #C34FE4

tetradic

#E4C34F #4FE478 #4F70E4 #E44FBB

square

#E4C34F #4FE478 #4F70E4 #E44FBB

split-complementary

#E4C34F #4FBBE4 #784FE4

monochromatic

#A08219 #D5AD21 #E4C34F #ECD584 #F4E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E4C34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C34F

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C34F	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.138 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d485',
    500: '#e4c34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c34f;
$custom-light: #f0d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82444,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C34F

secondary

#344DA3

accent

#3CD610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C34F

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

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