#E4C45B#E4C45B

#E4C45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.129 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C45B
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -0.76, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 55.76, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0055 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.129 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6256, 56.7319, 18.0212)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C45B #5B7BE4

analogous

#E47F5B #E4C45B #C0E45B

triadic

#E4C45B #5BE4C4 #C45BE4

tetradic

#E4C45B #5BE47F #5B7BE4 #E45BC0

square

#E4C45B #5BE47F #5B7BE4 #E45BC0

split-complementary

#E4C45B #5BC0E4 #7F5BE4

monochromatic

#A9881C #DBB126 #E4C45B #EDD790 #F5EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E4C45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C45B

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C45B	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.129 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58d',
    500: '#e4c45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c45b;
$custom-light: #f0d58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82766,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C45B

secondary

#3953AB

accent

#3FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C45B

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

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