#E4C563#E4C563

#E4C563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.123 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C563
RGB	rgb(228, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -0.70, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 52.44, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0043 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.123 92)
XYZ	xyz(54.2156, 57.3300, 20.0121)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C563 #6382E4

analogous

#E48563 #E4C563 #C3E463

triadic

#E4C563 #63E4C5 #C563E4

tetradic

#E4C563 #63E485 #6382E4 #E463C3

square

#E4C563 #63E485 #6382E4 #E463C3

split-complementary

#E4C563 #63C3E4 #8563E4

monochromatic

#AE8C1E #DBB22F #E4C563 #EDD897 #F6ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E4C563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C563

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C563	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.123 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd692',
    500: '#e4c563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c563;
$custom-light: #efd692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83057,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.57327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C563

secondary

#3C57B0

accent

#41D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C563

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

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