#E4C968#E4C968

#E4C968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.121 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C968
RGB	rgb(228, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 54.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -2.38, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 51.38, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0086 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.121 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3824, 59.2693, 21.6169)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C968 #6883E4

analogous

#E48B68 #E4C968 #C1E468

triadic

#E4C968 #68E4C9 #C968E4

tetradic

#E4C968 #68E48B #6883E4 #E468C1

square

#E4C968 #68E48B #6883E4 #E468C1

split-complementary

#E4C968 #68C1E4 #8B68E4

monochromatic

#B29220 #DBB634 #E4C968 #EDDC9C #F7EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4C968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E4C968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C968

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C968	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.121 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd996',
    500: '#e4c968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c968;
$custom-light: #efd996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83924,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C968

secondary

#3E57B3

accent

#3DD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C968

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

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