#E4C866#E4C866

#E4C866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.122 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C866
RGB	rgb(228, 200, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -2.02, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 51.99, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0078 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.122 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0496, 58.7644, 21.0108)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C866 #6682E4

analogous

#E48966 #E4C866 #C1E466

triadic

#E4C866 #66E4C8 #C866E4

tetradic

#E4C866 #66E489 #6682E4 #E466C1

square

#E4C866 #66E489 #6682E4 #E466C1

split-complementary

#E4C866 #66C1E4 #8966E4

monochromatic

#B0901F #DBB532 #E4C866 #EDDB9A #F6EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E4C866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C866

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C866	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)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 200, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.122 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd894',
    500: '#e4c866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c866;
$custom-light: #efd894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83697,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C866

secondary

#3D57B1

accent

#3ED214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C866

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

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