#E4C752#E4C752
#E4C752 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C752 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 199, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.71, -2.89, 60.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.71, 60.56, 92.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.28% -0.0127 0.1376) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.28% 0.138 95.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.9438, 57.9527, 16.3256) |
| Luminance | 0.5795 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.06
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.75
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.72
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.21
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.41
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C752 #526FE4
analogous
#E47E52 #E4C752 #B8E452
triadic
#E4C752 #52E4C7 #C752E4
tetradic
#E4C752 #52E47E #526FE4 #E452B8
square
#E4C752 #52E47E #526FE4 #E452B8
split-complementary
#E4C752 #52B8E4 #7E52E4
monochromatic
#A28719 #D7B322 #E4C752 #ECD887 #F5E9BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.67
#E4C752 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.59
#E4C752 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C752
12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C752 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C752 | 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)
#DAC344
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CC58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c752; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 95.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d788',
500: '#e4c752',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c752; $custom-light: #f0d788; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c752",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 199,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.082,
"s": 73,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8328,
"c": 0.1382,
"h": 95.3
},
"luminance": 0.5795
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C752
secondary
#354BA5
accent
#37D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F