#E4C859#E4C859

#E4C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.133 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C859
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -2.96, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 57.85, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.012 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.133 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4547, 58.5264, 17.8777)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C859 #5975E4

analogous

#E48359 #E4C859 #BAE459

triadic

#E4C859 #59E4C8 #C859E4

tetradic

#E4C859 #59E483 #5975E4 #E459BA

square

#E4C859 #59E483 #5975E4 #E459BA

split-complementary

#E4C859 #59BAE4 #8359E4

monochromatic

#A78B1B #DBB724 #E4C859 #EDD98E #F5EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E4C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C859

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C859	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)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.133 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88c',
    500: '#e4c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c859;
$custom-light: #f0d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83551,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C859

secondary

#384FA9

accent

#39D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C859

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

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