#E4C850#E4C850

#E4C850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C850
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -3.53, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 61.70, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0147 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(54.0996, 58.3844, 16.0076)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C850 #506CE4

analogous

#E47E50 #E4C850 #B6E450

triadic

#E4C850 #50E4C8 #C850E4

tetradic

#E4C850 #50E47E #506CE4 #E450B6

square

#E4C850 #50E47E #506CE4 #E450B6

split-complementary

#E4C850 #50B6E4 #7E50E4

monochromatic

#A18719 #D6B421 #E4C850 #ECD985 #F4E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E4C850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C850

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C850	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d886',
    500: '#e4c850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c850;
$custom-light: #f0d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83464,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.58382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C850

secondary

#354AA4

accent

#35D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C850

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

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