#E4CB51#E4CB51

#E4CB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB51
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -5.00, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 62.21, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0188 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.8385, 59.8025, 16.4375)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB51 #516AE4

analogous

#E48151 #E4CB51 #B3E451

triadic

#E4CB51 #51E4CB #CB51E4

tetradic

#E4CB51 #51E481 #516AE4 #E451B3

square

#E4CB51 #51E481 #516AE4 #E451B3

split-complementary

#E4CB51 #51B3E4 #8151E4

monochromatic

#A28A19 #D7B821 #E4CB51 #ECDB86 #F4EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E4CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB51

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB51	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)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da87',
    500: '#e4cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb51;
$custom-light: #f0da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84083,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB51

secondary

#3548A4

accent

#32D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB51

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

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