#E4C64F#E4C64F

#E4C64F 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	#E4C64F
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -2.56, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 61.53, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0121 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.14 95)
XYZ	xyz(53.6028, 57.4494, 15.6611)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C64F #4F6DE4

analogous

#E47B4F #E4C64F #B8E44F

triadic

#E4C64F #4FE4C6 #C64FE4

tetradic

#E4C64F #4FE47B #4F6DE4 #E44FB8

square

#E4C64F #4FE47B #4F6DE4 #E44FB8

split-complementary

#E4C64F #4FB8E4 #7B4FE4

monochromatic

#A08519 #D5B121 #E4C64F #ECD784 #F4E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#E4C64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C64F

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C64F	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)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.140 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d686',
    500: '#e4c64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c64f;
$custom-light: #f0d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8305,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.57447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C64F

secondary

#344BA3

accent

#38D610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C64F

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

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