#E4C749#E4C749

#E4C749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.145 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C749
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -3.41, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 64.26, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0152 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.145 96)
XYZ	xyz(53.6235, 57.8246, 14.6388)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C749 #4966E4

analogous

#E47A49 #E4C749 #B4E449

triadic

#E4C749 #49E4C7 #C749E4

tetradic

#E4C749 #49E47A #4966E4 #E449B4

square

#E4C749 #49E47A #4966E4 #E449B4

split-complementary

#E4C749 #49B4E4 #7A49E4

monochromatic

#9C8317 #D1B01F #E4C749 #ECD77E #F4E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E4C749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C749

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C749	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)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.145 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d782',
    500: '#e4c749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c749;
$custom-light: #f0d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.774,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.832,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.57822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C749

secondary

#32479F

accent

#5AF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C749

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

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