#E4C84D#E4C84D

#E4C84D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.143 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C84D
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -3.70, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 62.94, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0156 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.143 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9913, 58.3411, 15.4368)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C84D #4D69E4

analogous

#E47C4D #E4C84D #B5E44D

triadic

#E4C84D #4DE4C8 #C84DE4

tetradic

#E4C84D #4DE47C #4D69E4 #E44DB5

square

#E4C84D #4DE47C #4D69E4 #E44DB5

split-complementary

#E4C84D #4DB5E4 #7C4DE4

monochromatic

#9F8618 #D4B220 #E4C84D #ECD882 #F4E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E4C84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C84D

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C84D	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.143 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d885',
    500: '#e4c84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c84d;
$custom-light: #f0d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83437,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C84D

secondary

#3448A2

accent

#5AF037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C84D

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

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