#E4C44E#E4C44E

#E4C44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.139 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C44E
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -1.58, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 61.37, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0094 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.139 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1126, 56.5267, 15.3194)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C44E #4E6EE4

analogous

#E4794E #E4C44E #B9E44E

triadic

#E4C44E #4EE4C4 #C44EE4

tetradic

#E4C44E #4EE479 #4E6EE4 #E44EB9

square

#E4C44E #4EE479 #4E6EE4 #E44EB9

split-complementary

#E4C44E #4EB9E4 #794EE4

monochromatic

#9F8218 #D4AE20 #E4C44E #ECD683 #F4E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E4C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C44E

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C44E	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.139 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d585',
    500: '#e4c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c44e;
$custom-light: #f0d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82637,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C44E

secondary

#344BA2

accent

#5FF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C44E

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

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