#E4CA54#E4CA54

#E4CA54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA54
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -4.31, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 60.64, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0165 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7181, 59.3777, 16.9646)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA54 #546EE4

analogous

#E48254 #E4CA54 #B6E454

triadic

#E4CA54 #54E4CA #CA54E4

tetradic

#E4CA54 #54E482 #546EE4 #E454B6

square

#E4CA54 #54E482 #546EE4 #E454B6

split-complementary

#E4CA54 #54B6E4 #8254E4

monochromatic

#A48B1A #D9B822 #E4CA54 #ECDA89 #F5EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E4CA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA54

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA54	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d989',
    500: '#e4ca54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca54;
$custom-light: #f0d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83907,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA54

secondary

#364AA6

accent

#34D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA54

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

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