#E4C450#E4C450

#E4C450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.138 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C450
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -1.46, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 60.53, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0088 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.138 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1854, 56.5558, 15.7028)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C450 #5070E4

analogous

#E47A50 #E4C450 #BAE450

triadic

#E4C450 #50E4C4 #C450E4

tetradic

#E4C450 #50E47A #5070E4 #E450BA

square

#E4C450 #50E47A #5070E4 #E450BA

split-complementary

#E4C450 #50BAE4 #7A50E4

monochromatic

#A18319 #D6AF21 #E4C450 #ECD685 #F4E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E4C450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C450

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C450	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)

#D7C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.138 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d586',
    500: '#e4c450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c450;
$custom-light: #f0d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82655,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C450

secondary

#354DA4

accent

#3BD510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C450

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

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