#E4C763#E4C763
#E4C763 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.124 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C763 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 199, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 70%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 56.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.87, -1.73, 53.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.87, 53.05, 91.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.46% -0.0073 0.1238) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.46% 0.124 93.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6727, 58.2443, 20.1644) |
| Luminance | 0.5824 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.73
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.97
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.14
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.63
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.29
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C763 #6380E4
analogous
#E48763 #E4C763 #C0E463
triadic
#E4C763 #63E4C7 #C763E4
tetradic
#E4C763 #63E487 #6380E4 #E463C0
square
#E4C763 #63E487 #6380E4 #E463C0
split-complementary
#E4C763 #63C0E4 #8763E4
monochromatic
#AE8E1E #DBB42F #E4C763 #EDDA97 #F6ECCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E4C763 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.65
#E4C763 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C763
12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C763 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C763 | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.65 | 12.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C459
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CD67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4BAB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c763; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.124 93.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd792',
500: '#e4c763',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c763; $custom-light: #efd792; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c763",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 199,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.512,
"s": 70.492,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8346,
"c": 0.12404,
"h": 93.4
},
"luminance": 0.58242
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C763
secondary
#3C56B0
accent
#3ED313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F