#E4C652#E4C652

#E4C652 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.137 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C652
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -2.38, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 60.27, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0112 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.137 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7145, 57.4941, 16.2492)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C652 #5270E4

analogous

#E47D52 #E4C652 #B9E452

triadic

#E4C652 #52E4C6 #C652E4

tetradic

#E4C652 #52E47D #5270E4 #E452B9

square

#E4C652 #52E47D #5270E4 #E452B9

split-complementary

#E4C652 #52B9E4 #7D52E4

monochromatic

#A28619 #D7B222 #E4C652 #ECD787 #F5E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E4C652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C652

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C652	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)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.137 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d787',
    500: '#e4c652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c652;
$custom-light: #f0d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83077,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C652

secondary

#354CA5

accent

#39D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C652

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

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