#E4C865#E4C865

#E4C865 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.123 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C865
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -2.10, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 52.45, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0081 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.123 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.0003, 58.7447, 20.7512)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C865 #6581E4

analogous

#E48965 #E4C865 #C0E465

triadic

#E4C865 #65E4C8 #C865E4

tetradic

#E4C865 #65E489 #6581E4 #E465C0

square

#E4C865 #65E489 #6581E4 #E465C0

split-complementary

#E4C865 #65C0E4 #8965E4

monochromatic

#B0901F #DBB531 #E4C865 #EDDB99 #F6EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E4C865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C865

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C865	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.123 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd894',
    500: '#e4c865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c865;
$custom-light: #efd894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83685,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C865

secondary

#3C56B1

accent

#3DD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C865

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

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