#E4C960#E4C960

#E4C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.128 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C960
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -2.99, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 55.05, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0113 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.128 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9951, 59.1144, 19.5775)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C960 #607BE4

analogous

#E48760 #E4C960 #BDE460

triadic

#E4C960 #60E4C9 #C960E4

tetradic

#E4C960 #60E487 #607BE4 #E460BD

square

#E4C960 #60E487 #607BE4 #E460BD

split-complementary

#E4C960 #60BDE4 #8760E4

monochromatic

#AC8F1D #DBB72C #E4C960 #EDDB94 #F6EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E4C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E4C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C960

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C960	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)

#DBC555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.128 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd990',
    500: '#e4c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c960;
$custom-light: #efd990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83829,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C960

secondary

#3A52AE

accent

#3AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C960

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

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