#E4C94D#E4C94D

#E4C94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C94D
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 66.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -4.21, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 63.24, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.017 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2236, 58.8058, 15.5143)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C94D #4D68E4

analogous

#E47E4D #E4C94D #B3E44D

triadic

#E4C94D #4DE4C9 #C94DE4

tetradic

#E4C94D #4DE47E #4D68E4 #E44DB3

square

#E4C94D #4DE47E #4D68E4 #E44DB3

split-complementary

#E4C94D #4DB3E4 #7E4DE4

monochromatic

#9F8718 #D4B420 #E4C94D #ECD982 #F4E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E4C94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C94D

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C94D	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d985',
    500: '#e4c94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c94d;
$custom-light: #f0d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8364,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C94D

secondary

#3447A2

accent

#59F037

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C94D

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

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