#E4C455#E4C455

#E4C455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C455
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -1.16, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 58.40, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0073 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.134 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3770, 56.6325, 16.7122)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C455 #5575E4

analogous

#E47D55 #E4C455 #BDE455

triadic

#E4C455 #55E4C4 #C455E4

tetradic

#E4C455 #55E47D #5575E4 #E455BD

square

#E4C455 #55E47D #5575E4 #E455BD

split-complementary

#E4C455 #55BDE4 #7D55E4

monochromatic

#A4861A #D9B023 #E4C455 #ECD68A #F5E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E4C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C455

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C455	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d589',
    500: '#e4c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c455;
$custom-light: #f0d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82703,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C455

secondary

#3650A7

accent

#3DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C455

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

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