#E4C655#E4C655

#E4C655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.135 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C655
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -2.19, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 58.98, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0103 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.135 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8311, 57.5408, 16.8636)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C655 #5573E4

analogous

#E47F55 #E4C655 #BAE455

triadic

#E4C655 #55E4C6 #C655E4

tetradic

#E4C655 #55E47F #5573E4 #E455BA

square

#E4C655 #55E47F #5573E4 #E455BA

split-complementary

#E4C655 #55BAE4 #7F55E4

monochromatic

#A4871A #D9B323 #E4C655 #ECD88A #F5E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E4C655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C655

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C655	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.135 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d789',
    500: '#e4c655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c655;
$custom-light: #f0d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83106,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C655

secondary

#364EA7

accent

#3AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C655

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

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