#E4C45D#E4C45D

#E4C45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.127 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C45D
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -0.62, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 54.87, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0048 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.127 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7130, 56.7669, 18.4817)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C45D #5D7DE4

analogous

#E4805D #E4C45D #C0E45D

triadic

#E4C45D #5DE4C4 #C45DE4

tetradic

#E4C45D #5DE480 #5D7DE4 #E45DC0

square

#E4C45D #5DE480 #5D7DE4 #E45DC0

split-complementary

#E4C45D #5DC0E4 #805DE4

monochromatic

#AA891C #DBB129 #E4C45D #EDD791 #F5EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E4C45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C45D

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C45D	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)

#D7C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.127 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58e',
    500: '#e4c45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c45d;
$custom-light: #f0d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82787,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C45D

secondary

#3954AC

accent

#40D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C45D

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

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