#E4C757#E4C757

#E4C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.134 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C757
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -2.58, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 58.42, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0112 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.134 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1410, 58.0316, 17.3644)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C757 #5774E4

analogous

#E48157 #E4C757 #BAE457

triadic

#E4C757 #57E4C7 #C757E4

tetradic

#E4C757 #57E481 #5774E4 #E457BA

square

#E4C757 #57E481 #5774E4 #E457BA

split-complementary

#E4C757 #57BAE4 #8157E4

monochromatic

#A6891B #DBB523 #E4C757 #ECD98C #F5EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E4C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C757

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C757	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.134 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78b',
    500: '#e4c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c757;
$custom-light: #f0d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83328,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C757

secondary

#374EA8

accent

#39D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C757

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

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