#E4C550#E4C550

#E4C550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.138 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C550
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -1.98, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 60.82, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0103 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.138 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4117, 57.0085, 15.7783)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C550 #506FE4

analogous

#E47B50 #E4C550 #B9E450

triadic

#E4C550 #50E4C5 #C550E4

tetradic

#E4C550 #50E47B #506FE4 #E450B9

square

#E4C550 #50E47B #506FE4 #E450B9

split-complementary

#E4C550 #50B9E4 #7B50E4

monochromatic

#A18419 #D6B021 #E4C550 #ECD785 #F4E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E4C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C550

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C550	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)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d686',
    500: '#e4c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c550;
$custom-light: #f0d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82857,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C550

secondary

#354CA4

accent

#39D510

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C550

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

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