#E4C74F#E4C74F

#E4C74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.140 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C74F
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -3.07, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 61.82, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0135 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.14 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8321, 57.9081, 15.7375)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C74F #4F6CE4

analogous

#E47C4F #E4C74F #B7E44F

triadic

#E4C74F #4FE4C7 #C74FE4

tetradic

#E4C74F #4FE47C #4F6CE4 #E44FB7

square

#E4C74F #4FE47C #4F6CE4 #E44FB7

split-complementary

#E4C74F #4FB7E4 #7C4FE4

monochromatic

#A08619 #D5B221 #E4C74F #ECD884 #F4E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E4C74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C74F

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C74F	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)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.140 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d786',
    500: '#e4c74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c74f;
$custom-light: #f0d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83252,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C74F

secondary

#344AA3

accent

#36D610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C74F

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

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