#E4C84F#E4C84F

#E4C84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C84F
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -3.58, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 62.12, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.015 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0630, 58.3697, 15.8144)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C84F #4F6BE4

analogous

#E47E4F #E4C84F #B5E44F

triadic

#E4C84F #4FE4C8 #C84FE4

tetradic

#E4C84F #4FE47E #4F6BE4 #E44FB5

square

#E4C84F #4FE47E #4F6BE4 #E44FB5

split-complementary

#E4C84F #4FB5E4 #7E4FE4

monochromatic

#A08719 #D5B321 #E4C84F #ECD984 #F4E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E4C84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C84F

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C84F	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)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d886',
    500: '#e4c84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c84f;
$custom-light: #f0d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83455,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C84F

secondary

#3449A3

accent

#35D610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C84F

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

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