#E4CA49#E4CA49

#E4CA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.147 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E4CA49
RGBrgb(228, 202, 73)
HSLhsl(50, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(50, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.4%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(81.41, -4.94, 64.95)
CIE-LCHlch(81.41, 65.14, 94.35°)
OKLaboklab(83.81% -0.0196 0.1456)
OKLCHoklch(83.81% 0.147 97.7)
XYZxyz(54.3206, 59.2187, 14.8712)
Luminance0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E4CA49 #4963E4
analogous
#E47C49 #E4CA49 #B1E449
triadic
#E4CA49 #49E4CA #CA49E4
tetradic
#E4CA49 #49E47C #4963E4 #E449B1
square
#E4CA49 #49E47C #4963E4 #E449B1
split-complementary
#E4CA49 #49B1E4 #7C49E4
monochromatic
#9C8517 #D1B31F #E4CA49 #ECDA7E #F4E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64
#E4CA49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84
#E4CA49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA49
12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E4CA49#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E4CA491.001.6412.8412.84
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8421.001.001.00
##00000012.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC537
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CE50
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5BBB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e4ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.147 97.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d982',
    500: '#e4ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e4ca49;
$custom-light: #f0d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e4ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8381,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E4CA49
secondary
#32459F
accent
#56F137
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA49

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#E4CA49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva