#E4C755#E4C755

#E4C755 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.136 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C755
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -2.71, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 59.28, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0118 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.136 95)
XYZ	xyz(54.0605, 57.9994, 16.9400)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C755 #5572E4

analogous

#E48055 #E4C755 #BAE455

triadic

#E4C755 #55E4C7 #C755E4

tetradic

#E4C755 #55E480 #5572E4 #E455BA

square

#E4C755 #55E480 #5572E4 #E455BA

split-complementary

#E4C755 #55BAE4 #8055E4

monochromatic

#A4881A #D9B423 #E4C755 #ECD88A #F5EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E4C755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C755

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C755	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.136 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d789',
    500: '#e4c755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c755;
$custom-light: #f0d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83309,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.57997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C755

secondary

#364DA7

accent

#39D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C755

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

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