#E4C549#E4C549

#E4C549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.143 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C549
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -2.38, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 63.68, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0122 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.143 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1664, 56.9103, 14.4864)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C549 #4968E4

analogous

#E47849 #E4C549 #B6E449

triadic

#E4C549 #49E4C5 #C549E4

tetradic

#E4C549 #49E478 #4968E4 #E449B6

square

#E4C549 #49E478 #4968E4 #E449B6

split-complementary

#E4C549 #49B6E4 #7849E4

monochromatic

#9C8117 #D1AD1F #E4C549 #ECD67E #F4E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E4C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E4C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C549

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C549	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.143 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d682',
    500: '#e4c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c549;
$custom-light: #f0d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82795,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C549

secondary

#32489F

accent

#5CF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C549

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

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