#E4C751#E4C751

#E4C751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.139 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C751
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -2.95, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 60.98, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.013 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.139 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9060, 57.9376, 16.1267)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C751 #516EE4

analogous

#E47D51 #E4C751 #B8E451

triadic

#E4C751 #51E4C7 #C751E4

tetradic

#E4C751 #51E47D #516EE4 #E451B8

square

#E4C751 #51E47D #516EE4 #E451B8

split-complementary

#E4C751 #51B8E4 #7D51E4

monochromatic

#A28719 #D7B321 #E4C751 #ECD886 #F4E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E4C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C751

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C751	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.139 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d787',
    500: '#e4c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c751;
$custom-light: #f0d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8327,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C751

secondary

#354BA4

accent

#37D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C751

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

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