#E4CA58#E4CA58

#E4CA58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA58
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -4.05, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 58.92, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0153 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8792, 59.4422, 17.8134)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA58 #5872E4

analogous

#E48458 #E4CA58 #B8E458

triadic

#E4CA58 #58E4CA #CA58E4

tetradic

#E4CA58 #58E484 #5872E4 #E458B8

square

#E4CA58 #58E484 #5872E4 #E458B8

split-complementary

#E4CA58 #58B8E4 #8458E4

monochromatic

#A78D1B #DBB923 #E4CA58 #EDDB8D #F5EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E4CA58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA58

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA58	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98b',
    500: '#e4ca58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca58;
$custom-light: #f0d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83947,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA58

secondary

#374DA9

accent

#35D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA58

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

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