#E4C35A#E4C35A

#E4C35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.129 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C35A
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -0.31, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 55.92, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0043 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.129 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3579, 56.2652, 17.7206)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C35A #5A7BE4

analogous

#E47E5A #E4C35A #C0E45A

triadic

#E4C35A #5AE4C3 #C35AE4

tetradic

#E4C35A #5AE47E #5A7BE4 #E45AC0

square

#E4C35A #5AE47E #5A7BE4 #E45AC0

split-complementary

#E4C35A #5AC0E4 #7E5AE4

monochromatic

#A8861C #DBB025 #E4C35A #EDD68F #F5E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E4C35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C35A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C35A	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)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.129 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48c',
    500: '#e4c35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c35a;
$custom-light: #f0d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82554,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C35A

secondary

#3853AA

accent

#40D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C35A

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

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