#E4CB55#E4CB55

#E4CB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB55
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -4.76, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 60.53, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0177 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9929, 59.8643, 17.2509)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB55 #556EE4

analogous

#E48455 #E4CB55 #B6E455

triadic

#E4CB55 #55E4CB #CB55E4

tetradic

#E4CB55 #55E484 #556EE4 #E455B6

square

#E4CB55 #55E484 #556EE4 #E455B6

split-complementary

#E4CB55 #55B6E4 #8455E4

monochromatic

#A48C1A #D9B923 #E4CB55 #ECDB8A #F5EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E4CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB55

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB55	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8a',
    500: '#e4cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb55;
$custom-light: #f0da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8412,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB55

secondary

#364AA7

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB55

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

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