#E4C857#E4C857

#E4C857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C857
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -3.09, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 58.73, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0127 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3719, 58.4933, 17.4414)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C857 #5773E4

analogous

#E48257 #E4C857 #BAE457

triadic

#E4C857 #57E4C8 #C857E4

tetradic

#E4C857 #57E482 #5773E4 #E457BA

square

#E4C857 #57E482 #5773E4 #E457BA

split-complementary

#E4C857 #57BAE4 #8257E4

monochromatic

#A68A1B #DBB623 #E4C857 #ECD98C #F5EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E4C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C857

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C857	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88b',
    500: '#e4c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c857;
$custom-light: #f0d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83531,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C857

secondary

#374EA8

accent

#38D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C857

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

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