#E4C756#E4C756

#E4C756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C756
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -2.64, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 58.85, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0115 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.135 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1005, 58.0154, 17.1507)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C756 #5673E4

analogous

#E48056 #E4C756 #BAE456

triadic

#E4C756 #56E4C7 #C756E4

tetradic

#E4C756 #56E480 #5673E4 #E456BA

square

#E4C756 #56E480 #5673E4 #E456BA

split-complementary

#E4C756 #56BAE4 #8056E4

monochromatic

#A5891A #DAB523 #E4C756 #ECD88B #F5EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E4C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C756

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C756	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)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.135 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78a',
    500: '#e4c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c756;
$custom-light: #f0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83318,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C756

secondary

#374EA7

accent

#39D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C756

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

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