#E4C94E#E4C94E

#E4C94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.143 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C94E
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -4.16, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 62.83, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0168 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.143 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2592, 58.8200, 15.7016)
Luminance	0.5882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C94E #4E69E4

analogous

#E47E4E #E4C94E #B4E44E

triadic

#E4C94E #4EE4C9 #C94EE4

tetradic

#E4C94E #4EE47E #4E69E4 #E44EB4

square

#E4C94E #4EE47E #4E69E4 #E44EB4

split-complementary

#E4C94E #4EB4E4 #7E4EE4

monochromatic

#9F8718 #D4B420 #E4C94E #ECD983 #F4E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E4C94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E4C94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C94E

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C94E	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)

#DCC53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.143 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d985',
    500: '#e4c94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c94e;
$custom-light: #f0d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83649,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C94E

secondary

#3448A2

accent

#59F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C94E

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

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