#E4CA5B#E4CA5B

#E4CA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.133 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA5B
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -3.85, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 57.60, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0144 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.133 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0061, 59.4929, 18.4814)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA5B #5B75E4

analogous

#E4855B #E4CA5B #BAE45B

triadic

#E4CA5B #5BE4CA #CA5BE4

tetradic

#E4CA5B #5BE485 #5B75E4 #E45BBA

square

#E4CA5B #5BE485 #5B75E4 #E45BBA

split-complementary

#E4CA5B #5BBAE4 #855BE4

monochromatic

#A98E1C #DBB926 #E4CA5B #EDDB90 #F5ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E4CA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA5B

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA5B	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.133 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98d',
    500: '#e4ca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca5b;
$custom-light: #f0d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83977,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA5B

secondary

#394EAB

accent

#37D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA5B

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

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