#E4CA5D#E4CA5D

#E4CA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CA5D
RGB	rgb(228, 202, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -3.71, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 56.72, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0137 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(55.0935, 59.5279, 18.9419)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CA5D #5D77E4

analogous

#E4865D #E4CA5D #BBE45D

triadic

#E4CA5D #5DE4CA #CA5DE4

tetradic

#E4CA5D #5DE486 #5D77E4 #E45DBB

square

#E4CA5D #5DE486 #5D77E4 #E45DBB

split-complementary

#E4CA5D #5DBBE4 #865DE4

monochromatic

#AA8F1C #DBB929 #E4CA5D #EDDB91 #F5ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E4CA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#E4CA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CA5D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CA5D	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ca5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 202, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd98f',
    500: '#e4ca5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ca5d;
$custom-light: #efd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ca5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83999,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.59525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CA5D

secondary

#394FAC

accent

#37D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CA5D

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

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