#E4CA52#E4CA52

#E4CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.140 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA52
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -4.43, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 61.48, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0171 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.14 97)
XYZ	xyz(54.6409, 59.3469, 16.5580)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA52 #526CE4

analogous

#E48152 #E4CA52 #B5E452

triadic

#E4CA52 #52E4CA #CA52E4

tetradic

#E4CA52 #52E481 #526CE4 #E452B5

square

#E4CA52 #52E481 #526CE4 #E452B5

split-complementary

#E4CA52 #52B5E4 #8152E4

monochromatic

#A28A19 #D7B722 #E4CA52 #ECDA87 #F5EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#E4CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA52

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA52	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.140 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d988',
    500: '#e4ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca52;
$custom-light: #f0d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83889,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.59344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA52

secondary

#3549A5

accent

#33D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA52

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

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