#E4C85A#E4C85A

#E4C85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.133 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C85A
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -2.89, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 57.41, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0117 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.133 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4970, 58.5434, 18.1003)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C85A #5A76E4

analogous

#E4835A #E4C85A #BBE45A

triadic

#E4C85A #5AE4C8 #C85AE4

tetradic

#E4C85A #5AE483 #5A76E4 #E45ABB

square

#E4C85A #5AE483 #5A76E4 #E45ABB

split-complementary

#E4C85A #5ABBE4 #835AE4

monochromatic

#A88C1C #DBB625 #E4C85A #EDDA8F #F5EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#E4C85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C85A

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C85A	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.133 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88d',
    500: '#e4c85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c85a;
$custom-light: #f0d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83562,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C85A

secondary

#384FAA

accent

#39D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C85A

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

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