#E4C95C#E4C95C

#E4C95C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.132 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C95C
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -3.27, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 56.84, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0126 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.132 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8156, 59.0426, 18.6322)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C95C #5C77E4

analogous

#E4855C #E4C95C #BBE45C

triadic

#E4C95C #5CE4C9 #C95CE4

tetradic

#E4C95C #5CE485 #5C77E4 #E45CBB

square

#E4C95C #5CE485 #5C77E4 #E45CBB

split-complementary

#E4C95C #5CBBE4 #855CE4

monochromatic

#AA8D1C #DBB827 #E4C95C #EDDA91 #F5ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E4C95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C95C

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C95C	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.132 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd98e',
    500: '#e4c95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c95c;
$custom-light: #efd98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83785,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C95C

secondary

#3950AB

accent

#38D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C95C

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

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