#E4C43F#E4C43F

#E4C43F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.149 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C43F
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 72.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -2.35, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 67.24, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0133 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.149 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6348, 56.3356, 12.8031)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C43F #3F5FE4

analogous

#E4723F #E4C43F #B1E43F

triadic

#E4C43F #3FE4C4 #C43FE4

tetradic

#E4C43F #3FE472 #3F5FE4 #E43FB1

square

#E4C43F #3FE472 #3F5FE4 #E43FB1

split-complementary

#E4C43F #3FB1E4 #723FE4

monochromatic

#947B15 #C9A81C #E4C43F #ECD475 #F3E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E4C43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C43F

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C43F	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.149 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d57c',
    500: '#e4c43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c43f;
$custom-light: #f1d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.364,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82517,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C43F

secondary

#2F4398

accent

#5AF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C43F

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

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