#E4CA5C#E4CA5C

#E4CA5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.132 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA5C
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -3.78, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 57.16, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0141 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.132 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0495, 59.5103, 18.7101)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA5C #5C76E4

analogous

#E4865C #E4CA5C #BAE45C

triadic

#E4CA5C #5CE4CA #CA5CE4

tetradic

#E4CA5C #5CE486 #5C76E4 #E45CBA

square

#E4CA5C #5CE486 #5C76E4 #E45CBA

split-complementary

#E4CA5C #5CBAE4 #865CE4

monochromatic

#AA8E1C #DBB927 #E4CA5C #EDDB91 #F5ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E4CA5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA5C

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA5C	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)

#DCC650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.132 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd98e',
    500: '#e4ca5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca5c;
$custom-light: #efd98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83988,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA5C

secondary

#394FAB

accent

#37D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA5C

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

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