#E4C765#E4C765

#E4C765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.122 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C765
RGB	rgb(228, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -1.58, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 52.13, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0067 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.122 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7695, 58.2830, 20.6742)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C765 #6582E4

analogous

#E48865 #E4C765 #C2E465

triadic

#E4C765 #65E4C7 #C765E4

tetradic

#E4C765 #65E488 #6582E4 #E465C2

square

#E4C765 #65E488 #6582E4 #E465C2

split-complementary

#E4C765 #65C2E4 #8865E4

monochromatic

#B08F1F #DBB431 #E4C765 #EDDA99 #F6EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#E4C765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C765

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C765	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.122 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd793',
    500: '#e4c765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c765;
$custom-light: #efd793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83484,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C765

secondary

#3C57B1

accent

#3FD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C765

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

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