#E4C651#E4C651

#E4C651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C651
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -2.44, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 60.69, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0115 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.138 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6767, 57.4790, 16.0502)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C651 #516FE4

analogous

#E47C51 #E4C651 #B8E451

triadic

#E4C651 #51E4C6 #C651E4

tetradic

#E4C651 #51E47C #516FE4 #E451B8

square

#E4C651 #51E47C #516FE4 #E451B8

split-complementary

#E4C651 #51B8E4 #7C51E4

monochromatic

#A28619 #D7B221 #E4C651 #ECD786 #F4E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E4C651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C651

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C651	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d787',
    500: '#e4c651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c651;
$custom-light: #f0d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83068,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C651

secondary

#354CA4

accent

#38D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C651

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

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