#E4C451#E4C451

#E4C451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.137 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C451
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -1.40, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 60.11, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0085 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.137 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2226, 56.5707, 15.8989)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C451 #5171E4

analogous

#E47A51 #E4C451 #BAE451

triadic

#E4C451 #51E4C4 #C451E4

tetradic

#E4C451 #51E47A #5171E4 #E451BA

square

#E4C451 #51E47A #5171E4 #E451BA

split-complementary

#E4C451 #51BAE4 #7A51E4

monochromatic

#A28419 #D7AF21 #E4C451 #ECD686 #F4E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E4C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E4C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C451

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C451	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)

#D7C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.137 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d587',
    500: '#e4c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c451;
$custom-light: #f0d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82664,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C451

secondary

#354DA4

accent

#3BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C451

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

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