#E4C759#E4C759

#E4C759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C759
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -2.45, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 57.55, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0106 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.133 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2239, 58.0648, 17.8007)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C759 #5976E4

analogous

#E48259 #E4C759 #BCE459

triadic

#E4C759 #59E4C7 #C759E4

tetradic

#E4C759 #59E482 #5976E4 #E459BC

square

#E4C759 #59E482 #5976E4 #E459BC

split-complementary

#E4C759 #59BCE4 #8259E4

monochromatic

#A78A1B #DBB524 #E4C759 #EDD98E #F5EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E4C759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C759

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C759	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)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.133 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78c',
    500: '#e4c759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c759;
$custom-light: #f0d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83349,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C759

secondary

#3850A9

accent

#3AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C759

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

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