#E4C64E#E4C64E

#E4C64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.140 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C64E
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -2.61, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 61.94, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0123 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.14 95)
XYZ	xyz(53.5667, 57.4350, 15.4708)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C64E #4E6CE4

analogous

#E47B4E #E4C64E #B7E44E

triadic

#E4C64E #4EE4C6 #C64EE4

tetradic

#E4C64E #4EE47B #4E6CE4 #E44EB7

square

#E4C64E #4EE47B #4E6CE4 #E44EB7

split-complementary

#E4C64E #4EB7E4 #7B4EE4

monochromatic

#9F8418 #D4B020 #E4C64E #ECD783 #F4E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#E4C64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C64E

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C64E	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.140 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d685',
    500: '#e4c64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c64e;
$custom-light: #f0d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83041,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.57432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C64E

secondary

#344AA2

accent

#5DF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C64E

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

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