#E4C856#E4C856

#E4C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C856
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -3.16, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 59.16, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.013 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3313, 58.4771, 17.2277)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C856 #5672E4

analogous

#E48156 #E4C856 #B9E456

triadic

#E4C856 #56E4C8 #C856E4

tetradic

#E4C856 #56E481 #5672E4 #E456B9

square

#E4C856 #56E481 #5672E4 #E456B9

split-complementary

#E4C856 #56B9E4 #8156E4

monochromatic

#A58A1A #DAB623 #E4C856 #ECD98B #F5EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E4C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C856

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C856	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88a',
    500: '#e4c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c856;
$custom-light: #f0d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83521,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C856

secondary

#374DA7

accent

#38D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C856

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

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