#E4C54E#E4C54E

#E4C54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.140 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C54E
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -2.10, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 61.65, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0109 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.14 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3389, 56.9793, 15.3949)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C54E #4E6DE4

analogous

#E47A4E #E4C54E #B8E44E

triadic

#E4C54E #4EE4C5 #C54EE4

tetradic

#E4C54E #4EE47A #4E6DE4 #E44EB8

square

#E4C54E #4EE47A #4E6DE4 #E44EB8

split-complementary

#E4C54E #4EB8E4 #7A4EE4

monochromatic

#9F8318 #D4AF20 #E4C54E #ECD683 #F4E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E4C54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C54E

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C54E	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.140 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d685',
    500: '#e4c54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c54e;
$custom-light: #f0d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82839,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C54E

secondary

#344BA2

accent

#5EF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C54E

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

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