#E4CB50#E4CB50

#E4CB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.143 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB50
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -5.06, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 62.62, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0191 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.143 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8013, 59.7876, 16.2415)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB50 #5069E4

analogous

#E48150 #E4CB50 #B3E450

triadic

#E4CB50 #50E4CB #CB50E4

tetradic

#E4CB50 #50E481 #5069E4 #E450B3

square

#E4CB50 #50E481 #5069E4 #E450B3

split-complementary

#E4CB50 #50B3E4 #8150E4

monochromatic

#A18A19 #D6B721 #E4CB50 #ECDB85 #F4EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E4CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB50

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB50	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.143 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da87',
    500: '#e4cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb50;
$custom-light: #f0da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84074,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB50

secondary

#3547A4

accent

#31D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB50

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

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