#E4C852#E4C852

#E4C852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C852
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -3.41, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 60.86, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0141 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1746, 58.4144, 16.4026)
Luminance	0.5841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C852 #526EE4

analogous

#E47F52 #E4C852 #B7E452

triadic

#E4C852 #52E4C8 #C852E4

tetradic

#E4C852 #52E47F #526EE4 #E452B7

square

#E4C852 #52E47F #526EE4 #E452B7

split-complementary

#E4C852 #52B7E4 #7F52E4

monochromatic

#A28819 #D7B422 #E4C852 #ECD987 #F5EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E4C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C852

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C852	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)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d888',
    500: '#e4c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c852;
$custom-light: #f0d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83482,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C852

secondary

#354BA5

accent

#36D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C852

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

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