#E4C849#E4C849

#E4C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.145 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C849
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -3.92, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 64.55, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0167 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.145 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8544, 58.2863, 14.7158)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C849 #4965E4

analogous

#E47B49 #E4C849 #B3E449

triadic

#E4C849 #49E4C8 #C849E4

tetradic

#E4C849 #49E47B #4965E4 #E449B3

square

#E4C849 #49E47B #4965E4 #E449B3

split-complementary

#E4C849 #49B3E4 #7B49E4

monochromatic

#9C8417 #D1B11F #E4C849 #ECD87E #F4E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#E4C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C849

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C849	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)

#DCC438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.145 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d882',
    500: '#e4c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c849;
$custom-light: #f0d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83403,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C849

secondary

#32469F

accent

#59F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C849

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

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