#E4C555#E4C555

#E4C555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.134 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C555
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -1.67, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 58.69, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0088 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.134 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6033, 57.0851, 16.7877)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C555 #5574E4

analogous

#E47E55 #E4C555 #BCE455

triadic

#E4C555 #55E4C5 #C555E4

tetradic

#E4C555 #55E47E #5574E4 #E455BC

square

#E4C555 #55E47E #5574E4 #E455BC

split-complementary

#E4C555 #55BCE4 #7E55E4

monochromatic

#A4861A #D9B223 #E4C555 #ECD78A #F5E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E4C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C555

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C555	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.134 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d689',
    500: '#e4c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c555;
$custom-light: #f0d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82905,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C555

secondary

#364FA7

accent

#3BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C555

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

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