#E4C74E#E4C74E

#E4C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.141 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C74E
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -3.13, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 62.23, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0138 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.141 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.7960, 57.8936, 15.5472)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C74E #4E6BE4

analogous

#E47C4E #E4C74E #B6E44E

triadic

#E4C74E #4EE4C7 #C74EE4

tetradic

#E4C74E #4EE47C #4E6BE4 #E44EB6

square

#E4C74E #4EE47C #4E6BE4 #E44EB6

split-complementary

#E4C74E #4EB6E4 #7C4EE4

monochromatic

#9F8518 #D4B220 #E4C74E #ECD883 #F4E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E4C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C74E

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C74E	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.141 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d785',
    500: '#e4c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c74e;
$custom-light: #f0d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83243,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C74E

secondary

#3449A2

accent

#5BF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C74E

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

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