#E4C951#E4C951

#E4C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C951
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -3.98, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 61.59, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0159 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3692, 58.8640, 16.2811)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C951 #516CE4

analogous

#E48051 #E4C951 #B5E451

triadic

#E4C951 #51E4C9 #C951E4

tetradic

#E4C951 #51E480 #516CE4 #E451B5

square

#E4C951 #51E480 #516CE4 #E451B5

split-complementary

#E4C951 #51B5E4 #8051E4

monochromatic

#A28819 #D7B521 #E4C951 #ECD986 #F4EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E4C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C951

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C951	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)

#DCC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d987',
    500: '#e4c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c951;
$custom-light: #f0d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83676,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C951

secondary

#3549A4

accent

#34D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C951

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

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