#E4C75C#E4C75C
#E4C75C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.130 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C75C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 199, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.80, -2.24, 56.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.80, 56.22, 92.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.38% -0.0096 0.1298) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.38% 0.13 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.3524, 58.1162, 18.4778) |
| Luminance | 0.5811 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.45
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.56
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.83
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.86
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.46
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C75C #5C79E4
analogous
#E4835C #E4C75C #BDE45C
triadic
#E4C75C #5CE4C7 #C75CE4
tetradic
#E4C75C #5CE483 #5C79E4 #E45CBD
square
#E4C75C #5CE483 #5C79E4 #E45CBD
split-complementary
#E4C75C #5CBDE4 #835CE4
monochromatic
#AA8B1C #DBB527 #E4C75C #EDD991 #F5EBC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E4C75C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.62
#E4C75C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C75C
12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C75C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C75C | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.62 | 12.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C351
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CC61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5B9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c75c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.130 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d78e',
500: '#e4c75c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c75c; $custom-light: #f0d78e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c75c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 199,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.206,
"s": 71.579,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83381,
"c": 0.13014,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.58114
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C75C
secondary
#3951AB
accent
#3BD412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F