#E4CB57#E4CB57

#E4CB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.137 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB57
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -4.63, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 59.67, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0171 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.137 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0735, 59.8965, 17.6752)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB57 #5770E4

analogous

#E48557 #E4CB57 #B6E457

triadic

#E4CB57 #57E4CB #CB57E4

tetradic

#E4CB57 #57E485 #5770E4 #E457B6

square

#E4CB57 #57E485 #5770E4 #E457B6

split-complementary

#E4CB57 #57B6E4 #8557E4

monochromatic

#A68D1B #DBBA23 #E4CB57 #ECDB8C #F5ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E4CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB57

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB57	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)

#DEC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.137 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8b',
    500: '#e4cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb57;
$custom-light: #f0da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8414,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB57

secondary

#374BA8

accent

#34D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB57

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

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