#E4CB49#E4CB49

#E4CB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.148 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB49
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -5.46, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 65.44, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.021 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.148 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5560, 59.6895, 14.9496)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB49 #4962E4

analogous

#E47E49 #E4CB49 #AFE449

triadic

#E4CB49 #49E4CB #CB49E4

tetradic

#E4CB49 #49E47E #4962E4 #E449AF

square

#E4CB49 #49E47E #4962E4 #E449AF

split-complementary

#E4CB49 #49AFE4 #7E49E4

monochromatic

#9C8617 #D1B41F #E4CB49 #ECDA7E #F4E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E4CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB49

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB49	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.148 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da83',
    500: '#e4cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb49;
$custom-light: #f0da83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84014,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB49

secondary

#32449F

accent

#55F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB49

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

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