#E4C45F#E4C45F

#E4C45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.125 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C45F
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 58.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -0.48, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 53.97, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0042 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.125 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8027, 56.8028, 18.9543)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C45F #5F7FE4

analogous

#E4815F #E4C45F #C1E45F

triadic

#E4C45F #5FE4C4 #C45FE4

tetradic

#E4C45F #5FE481 #5F7FE4 #E45FC1

square

#E4C45F #5FE481 #5F7FE4 #E45FC1

split-complementary

#E4C45F #5FC1E4 #815FE4

monochromatic

#AC891D #DBB12B #E4C45F #EDD793 #F6EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E4C45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C45F

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C45F	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)

#D6C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.125 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd58f',
    500: '#e4c45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c45f;
$custom-light: #efd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8281,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C45F

secondary

#3A56AD

accent

#41D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C45F

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

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