#E4C658#E4C658

#E4C658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.133 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C658
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -2.00, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 57.68, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0094 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.133 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9529, 57.5894, 17.5046)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C658 #5876E4

analogous

#E48058 #E4C658 #BCE458

triadic

#E4C658 #58E4C6 #C658E4

tetradic

#E4C658 #58E480 #5876E4 #E458BC

square

#E4C658 #58E480 #5876E4 #E458BC

split-complementary

#E4C658 #58BCE4 #8058E4

monochromatic

#A7891B #DBB423 #E4C658 #EDD88D #F5EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E4C658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C658

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C658	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.133 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78b',
    500: '#e4c658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c658;
$custom-light: #f0d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83137,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C658

secondary

#3750A9

accent

#3BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C658

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

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