#E4C65D#E4C65D

#E4C65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C65D
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -1.66, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 55.47, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0078 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.129 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1671, 57.6751, 18.6331)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C65D #5D7BE4

analogous

#E4825D #E4C65D #BEE45D

triadic

#E4C65D #5DE4C6 #C65DE4

tetradic

#E4C65D #5DE482 #5D7BE4 #E45DBE

square

#E4C65D #5DE482 #5D7BE4 #E45DBE

split-complementary

#E4C65D #5DBEE4 #825DE4

monochromatic

#AA8B1C #DBB429 #E4C65D #EDD891 #F5EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E4C65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E4C65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C65D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C65D	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)

#D8C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.129 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd78e',
    500: '#e4c65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c65d;
$custom-light: #efd78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8319,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C65D

secondary

#3953AC

accent

#3DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C65D

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

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