#E4C858#E4C858

#E4C858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.134 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C858
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -3.03, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 58.29, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0124 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.134 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4130, 58.5098, 17.6580)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C858 #5874E4

analogous

#E48258 #E4C858 #BAE458

triadic

#E4C858 #58E4C8 #C858E4

tetradic

#E4C858 #58E482 #5874E4 #E458BA

square

#E4C858 #58E482 #5874E4 #E458BA

split-complementary

#E4C858 #58BAE4 #8258E4

monochromatic

#A78B1B #DBB723 #E4C858 #EDD98D #F5EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E4C858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C858

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C858	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)

#DBC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.134 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88b',
    500: '#e4c858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c858;
$custom-light: #f0d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83541,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C858

secondary

#374EA9

accent

#38D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C858

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

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