#E4C55C#E4C55C

#E4C55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.129 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C55C
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -1.21, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 55.61, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0066 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.129 93)
XYZ	xyz(53.8953, 57.2019, 18.3254)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C55C #5C7BE4

analogous

#E4815C #E4C55C #BFE45C

triadic

#E4C55C #5CE4C5 #C55CE4

tetradic

#E4C55C #5CE481 #5C7BE4 #E45CBF

square

#E4C55C #5CE481 #5C7BE4 #E45CBF

split-complementary

#E4C55C #5CBFE4 #815CE4

monochromatic

#AA891C #DBB227 #E4C55C #EDD891 #F5EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E4C55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C55C

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C55C	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.129 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68e',
    500: '#e4c55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c55c;
$custom-light: #f0d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82978,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.57199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C55C

secondary

#3953AB

accent

#3ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C55C

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

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