#E4C85F#E4C85F
#E4C85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.128 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C85F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 200, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 58.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.09, -2.54, 55.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.09, 55.19, 92.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.62% -0.0101 0.1279) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.62% 0.128 94.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.7170, 58.6314, 19.2591) |
| Luminance | 0.5863 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.22
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.58
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.81
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.51
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.32
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C85F #5F7BE4
analogous
#E4855F #E4C85F #BEE45F
triadic
#E4C85F #5FE4C8 #C85FE4
tetradic
#E4C85F #5FE485 #5F7BE4 #E45FBE
square
#E4C85F #5FE485 #5F7BE4 #E45FBE
split-complementary
#E4C85F #5FBEE4 #855FE4
monochromatic
#AC8E1D #DBB62B #E4C85F #EDDA93 #F6ECC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#E4C85F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.73
#E4C85F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C85F
12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C85F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C85F | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.73 | 12.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC454
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CD64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5BAB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c85f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.128 94.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd890',
500: '#e4c85f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c85f; $custom-light: #efd890; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c85f",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 200,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.368,
"s": 71.123,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83616,
"c": 0.1283,
"h": 94.5
},
"luminance": 0.58629
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C85F
secondary
#3A52AD
accent
#3BD312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F