#E4C84E#E4C84E

#E4C84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C84E
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -3.64, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 62.53, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0153 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0269, 58.3553, 15.6242)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C84E #4E6AE4

analogous

#E47D4E #E4C84E #B5E44E

triadic

#E4C84E #4EE4C8 #C84EE4

tetradic

#E4C84E #4EE47D #4E6AE4 #E44EB5

square

#E4C84E #4EE47D #4E6AE4 #E44EB5

split-complementary

#E4C84E #4EB5E4 #7D4EE4

monochromatic

#9F8618 #D4B320 #E4C84E #ECD883 #F4E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E4C84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C84E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C84E	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)

#DBC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d885',
    500: '#e4c84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c84e;
$custom-light: #f0d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83446,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C84E

secondary

#3449A2

accent

#5AF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C84E

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

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