#E4C359#E4C359

#E4C359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C359
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -0.38, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 56.36, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0046 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.13 92)
XYZ	xyz(53.3156, 56.2483, 17.4980)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C359 #597AE4

analogous

#E47D59 #E4C359 #C0E459

triadic

#E4C359 #59E4C3 #C359E4

tetradic

#E4C359 #59E47D #597AE4 #E459C0

square

#E4C359 #59E47D #597AE4 #E459C0

split-complementary

#E4C359 #59C0E4 #7D59E4

monochromatic

#A7861B #DBB024 #E4C359 #EDD68E #F5E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E4C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C359

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C359	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48c',
    500: '#e4c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c359;
$custom-light: #f0d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82543,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C359

secondary

#3853A9

accent

#40D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C359

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

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