#E4C454#E4C454

#E4C454 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.135 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C454
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 84)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -1.22, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 58.83, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0076 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.135 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.3376, 56.6167, 16.5045)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C454 #5474E4

analogous

#E47C54 #E4C454 #BCE454

triadic

#E4C454 #54E4C4 #C454E4

tetradic

#E4C454 #54E47C #5474E4 #E454BC

square

#E4C454 #54E47C #5474E4 #E454BC

split-complementary

#E4C454 #54BCE4 #7C54E4

monochromatic

#A4851A #D9B022 #E4C454 #ECD689 #F5E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C454 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E4C454 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C454

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C454	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C454	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c454;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.135 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d589',
    500: '#e4c454',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c454;
$custom-light: #f0d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c454",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82693,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C454

secondary

#364FA6

accent

#3CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C454

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

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