#E4C65C#E4C65C

#E4C65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.129 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C65C
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -1.72, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 55.91, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0081 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.129 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1231, 57.6575, 18.4013)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C65C #5C7AE4

analogous

#E4825C #E4C65C #BEE45C

triadic

#E4C65C #5CE4C6 #C65CE4

tetradic

#E4C65C #5CE482 #5C7AE4 #E45CBE

square

#E4C65C #5CE482 #5C7AE4 #E45CBE

split-complementary

#E4C65C #5CBEE4 #825CE4

monochromatic

#AA8A1C #DBB427 #E4C65C #EDD891 #F5EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E4C65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C65C

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C65C	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.129 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78e',
    500: '#e4c65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c65c;
$custom-light: #f0d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83179,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C65C

secondary

#3952AB

accent

#3DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C65C

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

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