#E4C659#E4C659

#E4C659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.132 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C659
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -1.93, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 57.24, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0091 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.132 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9946, 57.6061, 17.7243)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C659 #5977E4

analogous

#E48059 #E4C659 #BDE459

triadic

#E4C659 #59E4C6 #C659E4

tetradic

#E4C659 #59E480 #5977E4 #E459BD

square

#E4C659 #59E480 #5977E4 #E459BD

split-complementary

#E4C659 #59BDE4 #8059E4

monochromatic

#A7891B #DBB424 #E4C659 #EDD88E #F5EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E4C659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C659

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C659	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)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.132 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78c',
    500: '#e4c659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c659;
$custom-light: #f0d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83147,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C659

secondary

#3850A9

accent

#3BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C659

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

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