#E4CB59#E4CB59

#E4CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB59
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -4.50, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 58.80, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0165 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(55.1563, 59.9297, 18.1116)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB59 #5972E4

analogous

#E48659 #E4CB59 #B7E459

triadic

#E4CB59 #59E4CB #CB59E4

tetradic

#E4CB59 #59E486 #5972E4 #E459B7

square

#E4CB59 #59E486 #5972E4 #E459B7

split-complementary

#E4CB59 #59B7E4 #8659E4

monochromatic

#A78E1B #DBBB24 #E4CB59 #EDDB8E #F5ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E4CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB59

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB59	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8c',
    500: '#e4cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb59;
$custom-light: #f0da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8416,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.59927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB59

secondary

#384CA9

accent

#34D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB59

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

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