#E4C44F#E4C44F

#E4C44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.138 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C44F
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -1.52, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 60.95, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0091 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.138 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.1487, 56.5412, 15.5097)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C44F #4F6FE4

analogous

#E4794F #E4C44F #BAE44F

triadic

#E4C44F #4FE4C4 #C44FE4

tetradic

#E4C44F #4FE479 #4F6FE4 #E44FBA

square

#E4C44F #4FE479 #4F6FE4 #E44FBA

split-complementary

#E4C44F #4FBAE4 #794FE4

monochromatic

#A08319 #D5AE21 #E4C44F #ECD684 #F4E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E4C44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C44F

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C44F	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.138 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d586',
    500: '#e4c44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c44f;
$custom-light: #f0d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82646,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C44F

secondary

#344CA3

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C44F

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

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