#E4CA57#E4CA57

#E4CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.136 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA57
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -4.12, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 59.35, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0156 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.136 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.8381, 59.4258, 17.5968)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA57 #5771E4

analogous

#E48457 #E4CA57 #B8E457

triadic

#E4CA57 #57E4CA #CA57E4

tetradic

#E4CA57 #57E484 #5771E4 #E457B8

square

#E4CA57 #57E484 #5771E4 #E457B8

split-complementary

#E4CA57 #57B8E4 #8457E4

monochromatic

#A68C1B #DBB923 #E4CA57 #ECDB8C #F5EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E4CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA57

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA57	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.136 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98b',
    500: '#e4ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca57;
$custom-light: #f0d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83937,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA57

secondary

#374CA8

accent

#35D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA57

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

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