#E4C45C#E4C45C

#E4C45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.128 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C45C
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -0.69, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 55.32, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0051 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.128 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6690, 56.7493, 18.2500)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C45C #5C7CE4

analogous

#E4805C #E4C45C #C0E45C

triadic

#E4C45C #5CE4C4 #C45CE4

tetradic

#E4C45C #5CE480 #5C7CE4 #E45CC0

square

#E4C45C #5CE480 #5C7CE4 #E45CC0

split-complementary

#E4C45C #5CC0E4 #805CE4

monochromatic

#AA881C #DBB127 #E4C45C #EDD791 #F5EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E4C45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C45C

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C45C	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)

#D7C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.128 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58e',
    500: '#e4c45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c45c;
$custom-light: #f0d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82776,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C45C

secondary

#3954AB

accent

#3FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C45C

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

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