#E4C95E#E4C95E

#E4C95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.130 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C95E
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -3.13, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 55.95, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0119 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.13 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9042, 59.0780, 19.0987)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C95E #5E79E4

analogous

#E4865E #E4C95E #BCE45E

triadic

#E4C95E #5EE4C9 #C95EE4

tetradic

#E4C95E #5EE486 #5E79E4 #E45EBC

square

#E4C95E #5EE486 #5E79E4 #E45EBC

split-complementary

#E4C95E #5EBCE4 #865EE4

monochromatic

#AB8E1D #DBB72A #E4C95E #EDDB92 #F6ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E4C95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C95E

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C95E	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.130 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd98f',
    500: '#e4c95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c95e;
$custom-light: #efd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83807,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C95E

secondary

#3A51AD

accent

#39D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C95E

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

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