#E4C551#E4C551

#E4C551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.138 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C551
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -1.92, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 60.40, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.01 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.138 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4489, 57.0233, 15.9743)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C551 #5170E4

analogous

#E47B51 #E4C551 #B9E451

triadic

#E4C551 #51E4C5 #C551E4

tetradic

#E4C551 #51E47B #5170E4 #E451B9

square

#E4C551 #51E47B #5170E4 #E451B9

split-complementary

#E4C551 #51B9E4 #7B51E4

monochromatic

#A28519 #D7B021 #E4C551 #ECD786 #F4E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E4C551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C551

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C551	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)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d687',
    500: '#e4c551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c551;
$custom-light: #f0d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82866,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C551

secondary

#354CA4

accent

#3AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C551

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

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