#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
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -4.94, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 65.14, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0196 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.147 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3206, 59.2187, 14.8712)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E4CA49	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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