#E4C956#E4C956

#E4C956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C956
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -3.67, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 59.47, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0144 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5637, 58.9418, 17.3051)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C956 #5671E4

analogous

#E48256 #E4C956 #B8E456

triadic

#E4C956 #56E4C9 #C956E4

tetradic

#E4C956 #56E482 #5671E4 #E456B8

square

#E4C956 #56E482 #5671E4 #E456B8

split-complementary

#E4C956 #56B8E4 #8256E4

monochromatic

#A58B1A #DAB723 #E4C956 #ECDA8B #F5EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E4C956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C956

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C956	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98a',
    500: '#e4c956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c956;
$custom-light: #f0d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83724,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C956

secondary

#374CA7

accent

#36D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C956

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

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