#E4C457#E4C457

#E4C457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C457
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -1.03, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 57.53, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0067 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.132 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4576, 56.6647, 17.1366)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C457 #5777E4

analogous

#E47E57 #E4C457 #BEE457

triadic

#E4C457 #57E4C4 #C457E4

tetradic

#E4C457 #57E47E #5777E4 #E457BE

square

#E4C457 #57E47E #5777E4 #E457BE

split-complementary

#E4C457 #57BEE4 #7E57E4

monochromatic

#A6861B #DBB123 #E4C457 #ECD78C #F5E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E4C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C457

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C457	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58a',
    500: '#e4c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c457;
$custom-light: #f0d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82723,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C457

secondary

#3751A8

accent

#3DD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C457

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

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