#E4C55D#E4C55D

#E4C55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.128 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C55D
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -1.14, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 55.16, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0063 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.128 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9393, 57.2195, 18.5571)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C55D #5D7CE4

analogous

#E4815D #E4C55D #C0E45D

triadic

#E4C55D #5DE4C5 #C55DE4

tetradic

#E4C55D #5DE481 #5D7CE4 #E45DC0

square

#E4C55D #5DE481 #5D7CE4 #E45DC0

split-complementary

#E4C55D #5DC0E4 #815DE4

monochromatic

#AA8A1C #DBB229 #E4C55D #EDD891 #F5EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E4C55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C55D

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C55D	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)

#D8C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.128 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd68e',
    500: '#e4c55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c55d;
$custom-light: #efd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82988,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C55D

secondary

#3954AC

accent

#3ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C55D

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

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