#E4C649#E4C649

#E4C649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.144 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C649
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -2.89, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 63.97, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0137 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.144 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3942, 57.3660, 14.5624)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C649 #4967E4

analogous

#E47949 #E4C649 #B5E449

triadic

#E4C649 #49E4C6 #C649E4

tetradic

#E4C649 #49E479 #4967E4 #E449B5

square

#E4C649 #49E479 #4967E4 #E449B5

split-complementary

#E4C649 #49B5E4 #7949E4

monochromatic

#9C8217 #D1AE1F #E4C649 #ECD77E #F4E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E4C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C649

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C649	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)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.144 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d682',
    500: '#e4c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c649;
$custom-light: #f0d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82998,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C649

secondary

#32479F

accent

#5BF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C649

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

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