#E4C35C#E4C35C

#E4C35C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.127 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C35C
RGB	rgb(228, 195, 92)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -0.17, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 55.02, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0036 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.127 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4442, 56.2997, 18.1750)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C35C #5C7DE4

analogous

#E47F5C #E4C35C #C1E45C

triadic

#E4C35C #5CE4C3 #C35CE4

tetradic

#E4C35C #5CE47F #5C7DE4 #E45CC1

square

#E4C35C #5CE47F #5C7DE4 #E45CC1

split-complementary

#E4C35C #5CC1E4 #7F5CE4

monochromatic

#AA871C #DBB027 #E4C35C #EDD691 #F5EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E4C35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C35C

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C35C	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 195, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.127 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48d',
    500: '#e4c35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c35c;
$custom-light: #f0d48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82576,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C35C

secondary

#3955AB

accent

#41D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C35C

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

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