#E4C460#E4C460

#E4C460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.125 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C460
RGB	rgb(228, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -0.40, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 53.51, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0038 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.125 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8485, 56.8211, 19.1953)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C460 #6080E4

analogous

#E48260 #E4C460 #C2E460

triadic

#E4C460 #60E4C4 #C460E4

tetradic

#E4C460 #60E482 #6080E4 #E460C2

square

#E4C460 #60E482 #6080E4 #E460C2

split-complementary

#E4C460 #60C2E4 #8260E4

monochromatic

#AC8A1D #DBB12C #E4C460 #EDD794 #F6EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E4C460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C460

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C460	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)

#D6C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.125 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd590',
    500: '#e4c460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c460;
$custom-light: #efd590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82821,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C460

secondary

#3A56AE

accent

#41D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C460

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

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