#E4C657#E4C657

#E4C657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C657
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -2.06, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 58.12, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0097 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.134 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9117, 57.5730, 17.2880)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C657 #5775E4

analogous

#E48057 #E4C657 #BCE457

triadic

#E4C657 #57E4C6 #C657E4

tetradic

#E4C657 #57E480 #5775E4 #E457BC

square

#E4C657 #57E480 #5775E4 #E457BC

split-complementary

#E4C657 #57BCE4 #8057E4

monochromatic

#A6881B #DBB423 #E4C657 #ECD88C #F5EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E4C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C657

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C657	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)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78b',
    500: '#e4c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c657;
$custom-light: #f0d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83126,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C657

secondary

#374FA8

accent

#3BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C657

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

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