#E4CB56#E4CB56

#E4CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB56
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -4.70, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 60.10, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0174 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0329, 59.8803, 17.4616)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB56 #566FE4

analogous

#E48456 #E4CB56 #B6E456

triadic

#E4CB56 #56E4CB #CB56E4

tetradic

#E4CB56 #56E484 #566FE4 #E456B6

square

#E4CB56 #56E484 #566FE4 #E456B6

split-complementary

#E4CB56 #56B6E4 #8456E4

monochromatic

#A58D1A #DABA23 #E4CB56 #ECDB8B #F5EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E4CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB56

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB56	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8a',
    500: '#e4cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb56;
$custom-light: #f0da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8413,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB56

secondary

#374BA7

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB56

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

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