#E4C557#E4C557

#E4C557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C557
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -1.55, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 57.82, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0082 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.133 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6839, 57.1174, 17.2120)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C557 #5776E4

analogous

#E47F57 #E4C557 #BCE457

triadic

#E4C557 #57E4C5 #C557E4

tetradic

#E4C557 #57E47F #5776E4 #E457BC

square

#E4C557 #57E47F #5776E4 #E457BC

split-complementary

#E4C557 #57BCE4 #7F57E4

monochromatic

#A6871B #DBB223 #E4C557 #ECD78C #F5E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E4C557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C557

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C557	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)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68a',
    500: '#e4c557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c557;
$custom-light: #f0d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82925,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C557

secondary

#3750A8

accent

#3CD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C557

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

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