#E4C851#E4C851

#E4C851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C851
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -3.47, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 61.29, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0144 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.14 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1369, 58.3993, 16.2036)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C851 #516DE4

analogous

#E47E51 #E4C851 #B7E451

triadic

#E4C851 #51E4C8 #C851E4

tetradic

#E4C851 #51E47E #516DE4 #E451B7

square

#E4C851 #51E47E #516DE4 #E451B7

split-complementary

#E4C851 #51B7E4 #7E51E4

monochromatic

#A28819 #D7B421 #E4C851 #ECD986 #F4E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E4C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C851

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C851	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)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d887',
    500: '#e4c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c851;
$custom-light: #f0d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83473,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C851

secondary

#354AA4

accent

#36D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C851

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

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