#E4C662#E4C662

#E4C662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.124 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C662
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -1.29, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 53.20, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0062 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.124 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3959, 57.7666, 19.8378)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C662 #6280E4

analogous

#E48562 #E4C662 #C1E462

triadic

#E4C662 #62E4C6 #C662E4

tetradic

#E4C662 #62E485 #6280E4 #E462C1

square

#E4C662 #62E485 #6280E4 #E462C1

split-complementary

#E4C662 #62C1E4 #8562E4

monochromatic

#AE8D1E #DBB32E #E4C662 #EDD996 #F6ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E4C662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C662

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C662	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.124 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd791',
    500: '#e4c662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c662;
$custom-light: #efd791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83247,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C662

secondary

#3B56AF

accent

#3FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C662

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →