#E4C762#E4C762

#E4C762 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.125 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C762
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -1.81, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 53.51, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0077 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.125 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6252, 58.2253, 19.9142)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C762 #627FE4

analogous

#E48662 #E4C762 #C0E462

triadic

#E4C762 #62E4C7 #C762E4

tetradic

#E4C762 #62E486 #627FE4 #E462C0

square

#E4C762 #62E486 #627FE4 #E462C0

split-complementary

#E4C762 #62C0E4 #8662E4

monochromatic

#AE8E1E #DBB42E #E4C762 #EDDA96 #F6ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E4C762 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C762

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C762	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.125 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd792',
    500: '#e4c762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c762;
$custom-light: #efd792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83448,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C762

secondary

#3B55AF

accent

#3ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C762

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

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