#E4C665#E4C665

#E4C665 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.122 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C665
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -1.06, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 51.82, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0052 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.122 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5402, 57.8244, 20.5978)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C665 #6583E4

analogous

#E48765 #E4C665 #C2E465

triadic

#E4C665 #65E4C6 #C665E4

tetradic

#E4C665 #65E487 #6583E4 #E465C2

square

#E4C665 #65E487 #6583E4 #E465C2

split-complementary

#E4C665 #65C2E4 #8765E4

monochromatic

#B08E1F #DBB331 #E4C665 #EDD999 #F6EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E4C665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C665

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C665	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.122 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd793',
    500: '#e4c665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c665;
$custom-light: #efd793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83282,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C665

secondary

#3C58B1

accent

#40D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C665

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

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