#E4C855#E4C855

#E4C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.137 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C855
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -3.22, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 59.59, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0133 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.137 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2913, 58.4611, 17.0170)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C855 #5571E4

analogous

#E48155 #E4C855 #B9E455

triadic

#E4C855 #55E4C8 #C855E4

tetradic

#E4C855 #55E481 #5571E4 #E455B9

square

#E4C855 #55E481 #5571E4 #E455B9

split-complementary

#E4C855 #55B9E4 #8155E4

monochromatic

#A4891A #D9B623 #E4C855 #ECD98A #F5EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E4C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C855

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C855	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.137 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d889',
    500: '#e4c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c855;
$custom-light: #f0d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83511,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C855

secondary

#364CA7

accent

#37D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C855

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

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