#E4CA4E#E4CA4E

#E4CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA4E
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -4.67, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 63.14, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0182 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.143 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4931, 59.2877, 15.7796)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA4E #4E68E4

analogous

#E47F4E #E4CA4E #B3E44E

triadic

#E4CA4E #4EE4CA #CA4EE4

tetradic

#E4CA4E #4EE47F #4E68E4 #E44EB3

square

#E4CA4E #4EE47F #4E68E4 #E44EB3

split-complementary

#E4CA4E #4EB3E4 #7F4EE4

monochromatic

#9F8818 #D4B520 #E4CA4E #ECDA83 #F4EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E4CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA4E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA4E	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d985',
    500: '#e4ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca4e;
$custom-light: #f0d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83853,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA4E

secondary

#3447A2

accent

#58F038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA4E

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

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