#E4C950#E4C950

#E4C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.141 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C950
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -4.04, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 62.01, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0162 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.141 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3320, 58.8491, 16.0850)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C950 #506BE4

analogous

#E47F50 #E4C950 #B5E450

triadic

#E4C950 #50E4C9 #C950E4

tetradic

#E4C950 #50E47F #506BE4 #E450B5

square

#E4C950 #50E47F #506BE4 #E450B5

split-complementary

#E4C950 #50B5E4 #7F50E4

monochromatic

#A18819 #D6B521 #E4C950 #ECD985 #F4EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E4C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C950

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C950	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.141 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d986',
    500: '#e4c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c950;
$custom-light: #f0d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83667,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C950

secondary

#3549A4

accent

#34D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C950

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

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