#E4C350#E4C350

#E4C350 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.137 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C350
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -0.95, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 60.25, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0073 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.137 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9606, 56.1062, 15.6279)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C350 #5071E4

analogous

#E47950 #E4C350 #BBE450

triadic

#E4C350 #50E4C3 #C350E4

tetradic

#E4C350 #50E479 #5071E4 #E450BB

square

#E4C350 #50E479 #5071E4 #E450BB

split-complementary

#E4C350 #50BBE4 #7950E4

monochromatic

#A18219 #D6AD21 #E4C350 #ECD585 #F4E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E4C350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C350

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C350	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)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.137 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d486',
    500: '#e4c350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c350;
$custom-light: #f0d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82454,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C350

secondary

#354DA4

accent

#3CD510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C350

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

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