#E4C357#E4C357

#E4C357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.132 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C357
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -0.51, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 57.24, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0052 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.132 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2328, 56.2151, 17.0617)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C357 #5778E4

analogous

#E47C57 #E4C357 #BFE457

triadic

#E4C357 #57E4C3 #C357E4

tetradic

#E4C357 #57E47C #5778E4 #E457BF

square

#E4C357 #57E47C #5778E4 #E457BF

split-complementary

#E4C357 #57BFE4 #7C57E4

monochromatic

#A6851B #DBB023 #E4C357 #ECD68C #F5E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E4C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E4C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C357

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C357	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.132 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48a',
    500: '#e4c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c357;
$custom-light: #f0d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82522,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C357

secondary

#3752A8

accent

#3FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C357

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

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