#E4C854#E4C854

#E4C854 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.137 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C854
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -3.28, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 60.02, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0136 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.137 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2519, 58.4453, 16.8092)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C854 #5470E4

analogous

#E48054 #E4C854 #B8E454

triadic

#E4C854 #54E4C8 #C854E4

tetradic

#E4C854 #54E480 #5470E4 #E454B8

square

#E4C854 #54E480 #5470E4 #E454B8

split-complementary

#E4C854 #54B8E4 #8054E4

monochromatic

#A4891A #D9B522 #E4C854 #ECD989 #F5EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E4C854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E4C854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C854

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C854	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.137 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d889',
    500: '#e4c854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c854;
$custom-light: #f0d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83501,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C854

secondary

#364CA6

accent

#37D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C854

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

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