#E4CA50#E4CA50

#E4CA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA50
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -4.55, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 62.31, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0177 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.142 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5659, 59.3169, 16.1630)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA50 #506AE4

analogous

#E48050 #E4CA50 #B4E450

triadic

#E4CA50 #50E4CA #CA50E4

tetradic

#E4CA50 #50E480 #506AE4 #E450B4

square

#E4CA50 #50E480 #506AE4 #E450B4

split-complementary

#E4CA50 #50B4E4 #8050E4

monochromatic

#A18919 #D6B621 #E4CA50 #ECDA85 #F4EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E4CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA50

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA50	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)

#DDC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d987',
    500: '#e4ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca50;
$custom-light: #f0d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8387,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA50

secondary

#3548A4

accent

#33D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA50

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

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