#E4C55E#E4C55E

#E4C55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.127 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C55E
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -1.07, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 54.71, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.006 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.127 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9839, 57.2373, 18.7919)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C55E #5E7DE4

analogous

#E4825E #E4C55E #C0E45E

triadic

#E4C55E #5EE4C5 #C55EE4

tetradic

#E4C55E #5EE482 #5E7DE4 #E45EC0

square

#E4C55E #5EE482 #5E7DE4 #E45EC0

split-complementary

#E4C55E #5EC0E4 #825EE4

monochromatic

#AB8A1D #DBB22A #E4C55E #EDD892 #F6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E4C55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C55E

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C55E	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.127 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd68f',
    500: '#e4c55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c55e;
$custom-light: #efd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C55E

secondary

#3A54AD

accent

#3FD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C55E

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

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