#E4C459#E4C459

#E4C459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.131 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C459
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -0.90, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 56.65, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0061 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.131 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5404, 56.6979, 17.5729)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C459 #5979E4

analogous

#E47F59 #E4C459 #BFE459

triadic

#E4C459 #59E4C4 #C459E4

tetradic

#E4C459 #59E47F #5979E4 #E459BF

square

#E4C459 #59E47F #5979E4 #E459BF

split-complementary

#E4C459 #59BFE4 #7F59E4

monochromatic

#A7871B #DBB124 #E4C459 #EDD78E #F5E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E4C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C459

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C459	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)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.131 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58c',
    500: '#e4c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c459;
$custom-light: #f0d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82744,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C459

secondary

#3852A9

accent

#3ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C459

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

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