#E4C65E#E4C65E

#E4C65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.128 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C65E
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -1.58, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 55.02, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0075 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.128 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2117, 57.6930, 18.8679)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C65E #5E7CE4

analogous

#E4835E #E4C65E #BFE45E

triadic

#E4C65E #5EE4C6 #C65EE4

tetradic

#E4C65E #5EE483 #5E7CE4 #E45EBF

square

#E4C65E #5EE483 #5E7CE4 #E45EBF

split-complementary

#E4C65E #5EBFE4 #835EE4

monochromatic

#AB8B1D #DBB32A #E4C65E #EDD992 #F6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E4C65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C65E

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C65E	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.128 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd78f',
    500: '#e4c65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c65e;
$custom-light: #efd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83201,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C65E

secondary

#3A53AD

accent

#3DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C65E

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

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