#E4C656#E4C656

#E4C656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C656
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -2.13, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 58.55, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.01 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.134 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8712, 57.5568, 17.0743)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C656 #5674E4

analogous

#E47F56 #E4C656 #BBE456

triadic

#E4C656 #56E4C6 #C656E4

tetradic

#E4C656 #56E47F #5674E4 #E456BB

square

#E4C656 #56E47F #5674E4 #E456BB

split-complementary

#E4C656 #56BBE4 #7F56E4

monochromatic

#A5881A #DAB323 #E4C656 #ECD88B #F5EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E4C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C656

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C656	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)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78a',
    500: '#e4c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c656;
$custom-light: #f0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83116,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C656

secondary

#374FA7

accent

#3AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C656

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

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