#E4CA5A#E4CA5A

#E4CA5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA5A
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -3.92, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 58.04, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0147 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9632, 59.4758, 18.2557)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA5A #5A74E4

analogous

#E4855A #E4CA5A #B9E45A

triadic

#E4CA5A #5AE4CA #CA5AE4

tetradic

#E4CA5A #5AE485 #5A74E4 #E45AB9

square

#E4CA5A #5AE485 #5A74E4 #E45AB9

split-complementary

#E4CA5A #5AB9E4 #855AE4

monochromatic

#A88E1C #DBB925 #E4CA5A #EDDB8F #F5ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E4CA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA5A

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA5A	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)

#DCC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98d',
    500: '#e4ca5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca5a;
$custom-light: #f0d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83967,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA5A

secondary

#384EAA

accent

#36D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA5A

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

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