#E4C949#E4C949

#E4C949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.146 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C949
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -4.43, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 64.84, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0181 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.146 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0867, 58.7510, 14.7932)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C949 #4964E4

analogous

#E47C49 #E4C949 #B2E449

triadic

#E4C949 #49E4C9 #C949E4

tetradic

#E4C949 #49E47C #4964E4 #E449B2

square

#E4C949 #49E47C #4964E4 #E449B2

split-complementary

#E4C949 #49B2E4 #7C49E4

monochromatic

#9C8417 #D1B21F #E4C949 #ECD97E #F4E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E4C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C949

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C949	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)

#DCC438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.146 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d982',
    500: '#e4c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c949;
$custom-light: #f0d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83607,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C949

secondary

#32459F

accent

#57F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C949

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

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