#E4C449#E4C449

#E4C449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.143 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C449
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -1.86, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 63.40, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0107 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.143 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9401, 56.4577, 14.4110)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C449 #4969E4

analogous

#E47749 #E4C449 #B7E449

triadic

#E4C449 #49E4C4 #C449E4

tetradic

#E4C449 #49E477 #4969E4 #E449B7

square

#E4C449 #49E477 #4969E4 #E449B7

split-complementary

#E4C449 #49B7E4 #7749E4

monochromatic

#9C8017 #D1AC1F #E4C449 #ECD57E #F4E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E4C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C449

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C449	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.143 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d582',
    500: '#e4c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c449;
$custom-light: #f0d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82593,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C449

secondary

#32499F

accent

#5DF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C449

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

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