#E4C552#E4C552

#E4C552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C552
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -1.86, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 59.97, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0097 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.137 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4867, 57.0385, 16.1732)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C552 #5271E4

analogous

#E47C52 #E4C552 #BAE452

triadic

#E4C552 #52E4C5 #C552E4

tetradic

#E4C552 #52E47C #5271E4 #E452BA

square

#E4C552 #52E47C #5271E4 #E452BA

split-complementary

#E4C552 #52BAE4 #7C52E4

monochromatic

#A28519 #D7B122 #E4C552 #ECD787 #F5E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E4C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C552

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C552	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d687',
    500: '#e4c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c552;
$custom-light: #f0d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82875,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C552

secondary

#354DA5

accent

#3AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C552

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

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