#E4C562#E4C562

#E4C562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.124 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C562
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -0.78, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 52.90, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0047 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.124 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1680, 57.3110, 19.7618)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C562 #6281E4

analogous

#E48462 #E4C562 #C2E462

triadic

#E4C562 #62E4C5 #C562E4

tetradic

#E4C562 #62E484 #6281E4 #E462C2

square

#E4C562 #62E484 #6281E4 #E462C2

split-complementary

#E4C562 #62C2E4 #8462E4

monochromatic

#AE8B1E #DBB22E #E4C562 #EDD896 #F6ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E4C562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#E4C562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C562

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C562	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.124 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd691',
    500: '#e4c562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c562;
$custom-light: #efd691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83046,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C562

secondary

#3B57AF

accent

#41D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C562

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

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