#E4CA59#E4CA59

#E4CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA59
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -3.99, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 58.48, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.015 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9209, 59.4589, 18.0331)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA59 #5973E4

analogous

#E48559 #E4CA59 #B9E459

triadic

#E4CA59 #59E4CA #CA59E4

tetradic

#E4CA59 #59E485 #5973E4 #E459B9

square

#E4CA59 #59E485 #5973E4 #E459B9

split-complementary

#E4CA59 #59B9E4 #8559E4

monochromatic

#A78D1B #DBB924 #E4CA59 #EDDB8E #F5ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E4CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA59

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA59	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)

#DCC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98c',
    500: '#e4ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca59;
$custom-light: #f0d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83957,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA59

secondary

#384DA9

accent

#36D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA59

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

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