#E4C45A#E4C45A

#E4C45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.130 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C45A
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -0.83, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 56.21, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0058 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.13 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5827, 56.7148, 17.7956)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C45A #5A7AE4

analogous

#E47F5A #E4C45A #BFE45A

triadic

#E4C45A #5AE4C4 #C45AE4

tetradic

#E4C45A #5AE47F #5A7AE4 #E45ABF

square

#E4C45A #5AE47F #5A7AE4 #E45ABF

split-complementary

#E4C45A #5ABFE4 #7F5AE4

monochromatic

#A8871C #DBB125 #E4C45A #EDD78F #F5EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E4C45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C45A

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C45A	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)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.130 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58c',
    500: '#e4c45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c45a;
$custom-light: #f0d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82755,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C45A

secondary

#3853AA

accent

#3FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C45A

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

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