#E4C558#E4C558

#E4C558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.132 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C558
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -1.48, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 57.38, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0079 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.132 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7250, 57.1338, 17.4287)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C558 #5877E4

analogous

#E47F58 #E4C558 #BDE458

triadic

#E4C558 #58E4C5 #C558E4

tetradic

#E4C558 #58E47F #5877E4 #E458BD

square

#E4C558 #58E47F #5877E4 #E458BD

split-complementary

#E4C558 #58BDE4 #7F58E4

monochromatic

#A7881B #DBB323 #E4C558 #EDD78D #F5EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E4C558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C558

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C558	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.132 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68b',
    500: '#e4c558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c558;
$custom-light: #f0d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82935,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C558

secondary

#3751A9

accent

#3CD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C558

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

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