#E4CA56#E4CA56

#E4CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.137 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA56
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -4.18, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 59.78, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0159 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.137 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7975, 59.4095, 17.3831)
Luminance	0.5941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA56 #5670E4

analogous

#E48356 #E4CA56 #B7E456

triadic

#E4CA56 #56E4CA #CA56E4

tetradic

#E4CA56 #56E483 #5670E4 #E456B7

square

#E4CA56 #56E483 #5670E4 #E456B7

split-complementary

#E4CA56 #56B7E4 #8356E4

monochromatic

#A58C1A #DAB823 #E4CA56 #ECDB8B #F5EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E4CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA56

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA56	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.137 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98a',
    500: '#e4ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca56;
$custom-light: #f0d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83927,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA56

secondary

#374BA7

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA56

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

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