#E4C85C#E4C85C

#E4C85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.131 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C85C
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -2.76, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 56.53, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0111 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.131 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5833, 58.5779, 18.5547)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C85C #5C78E4

analogous

#E4845C #E4C85C #BCE45C

triadic

#E4C85C #5CE4C8 #C85CE4

tetradic

#E4C85C #5CE484 #5C78E4 #E45CBC

square

#E4C85C #5CE484 #5C78E4 #E45CBC

split-complementary

#E4C85C #5CBCE4 #845CE4

monochromatic

#AA8C1C #DBB627 #E4C85C #EDDA91 #F5EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E4C85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C85C

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C85C	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.131 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88e',
    500: '#e4c85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c85c;
$custom-light: #f0d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83583,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C85C

secondary

#3950AB

accent

#3AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C85C

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

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