#E4C954#E4C954

#E4C954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C954
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -3.80, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 60.32, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.015 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.138 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4842, 58.9100, 16.8867)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C954 #546FE4

analogous

#E48154 #E4C954 #B7E454

triadic

#E4C954 #54E4C9 #C954E4

tetradic

#E4C954 #54E481 #546FE4 #E454B7

square

#E4C954 #54E481 #546FE4 #E454B7

split-complementary

#E4C954 #54B7E4 #8154E4

monochromatic

#A48A1A #D9B622 #E4C954 #ECDA89 #F5EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E4C954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C954

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C954	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d989',
    500: '#e4c954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c954;
$custom-light: #f0d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83704,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C954

secondary

#364BA6

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C954

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

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