#E4C85E#E4C85E

#E4C85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.129 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C85E
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -2.62, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 55.63, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0105 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.129 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6719, 58.6133, 19.0212)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C85E #5E7AE4

analogous

#E4855E #E4C85E #BDE45E

triadic

#E4C85E #5EE4C8 #C85EE4

tetradic

#E4C85E #5EE485 #5E7AE4 #E45EBD

square

#E4C85E #5EE485 #5E7AE4 #E45EBD

split-complementary

#E4C85E #5EBDE4 #855EE4

monochromatic

#AB8D1D #DBB62A #E4C85E #EDDA92 #F6ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E4C85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C85E

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C85E	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)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.129 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd88f',
    500: '#e4c85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c85e;
$custom-light: #efd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83605,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C85E

secondary

#3A52AD

accent

#3BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C85E

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

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