#E4C75E#E4C75E
#E4C75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.128 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 199, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.82, -2.10, 55.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.82, 55.32, 92.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.4% -0.009 0.1281) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.4% 0.128 94) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.4410, 58.1516, 18.9443) |
| Luminance | 0.5815 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.33
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.58
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.89
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.78
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.48
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C75E #5E7BE4
analogous
#E4845E #E4C75E #BEE45E
triadic
#E4C75E #5EE4C7 #C75EE4
tetradic
#E4C75E #5EE484 #5E7BE4 #E45EBE
square
#E4C75E #5EE484 #5E7BE4 #E45EBE
split-complementary
#E4C75E #5EBEE4 #845EE4
monochromatic
#AB8C1D #DBB52A #E4C75E #EDD992 #F6EBC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E4C75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.63
#E4C75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C75E
12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C75E | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.63 | 12.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C453
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CC63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5B9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.128 94.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd78f',
500: '#e4c75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c75e; $custom-light: #efd78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 199,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.015,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83403,
"c": 0.12842,
"h": 94
},
"luminance": 0.58149
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C75E
secondary
#3A53AD
accent
#3CD312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F