#E4C458#E4C458

#E4C458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.131 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C458
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -0.96, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 57.09, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0064 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.131 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4987, 56.6812, 17.3533)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C458 #5878E4

analogous

#E47E58 #E4C458 #BEE458

triadic

#E4C458 #58E4C4 #C458E4

tetradic

#E4C458 #58E47E #5878E4 #E458BE

square

#E4C458 #58E47E #5878E4 #E458BE

split-complementary

#E4C458 #58BEE4 #7E58E4

monochromatic

#A7871B #DBB123 #E4C458 #EDD78D #F5E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E4C458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C458

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C458	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.131 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58b',
    500: '#e4c458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c458;
$custom-light: #f0d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82734,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C458

secondary

#3751A9

accent

#3ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C458

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

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