#E4C45E#E4C45E

#E4C45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.126 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C45E
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -0.55, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 54.42, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0045 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.126 92)
XYZ	xyz(53.7576, 56.7847, 18.7165)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C45E #5E7EE4

analogous

#E4815E #E4C45E #C1E45E

triadic

#E4C45E #5EE4C4 #C45EE4

tetradic

#E4C45E #5EE481 #5E7EE4 #E45EC1

square

#E4C45E #5EE481 #5E7EE4 #E45EC1

split-complementary

#E4C45E #5EC1E4 #815EE4

monochromatic

#AB891D #DBB12A #E4C45E #EDD792 #F6EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E4C45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C45E

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C45E	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.126 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd58f',
    500: '#e4c45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c45e;
$custom-light: #efd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82799,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C45E

secondary

#3A55AD

accent

#40D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C45E

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

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