#E4CB5A#E4CB5A
#E4CB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4CB5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 203, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 60.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.81, -4.43, 58.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.81, 58.36, 94.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.17% -0.0162 0.1338) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.17% 0.135 96.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.1986, 59.9466, 18.3342) |
| Luminance | 0.5994 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.44
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.60
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.13
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.29
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.48
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4CB5A #5A73E4
analogous
#E4865A #E4CB5A #B8E45A
triadic
#E4CB5A #5AE4CB #CB5AE4
tetradic
#E4CB5A #5AE486 #5A73E4 #E45AB8
square
#E4CB5A #5AE486 #5A73E4 #E45AB8
split-complementary
#E4CB5A #5AB8E4 #865AE4
monochromatic
#A88F1C #DBBA25 #E4CB5A #EDDC8F #F5ECC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#E4CB5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.99
#E4CB5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4CB5A
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4CB5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4CB5A | 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)
#DDC74E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5BDB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4cb5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.135 96.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0da8d',
500: '#e4cb5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4cb5a; $custom-light: #f0da8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4cb5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 203,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.13,
"s": 71.875,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8417,
"c": 0.13481,
"h": 96.9
},
"luminance": 0.59944
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4CB5A
secondary
#384DAA
accent
#35D412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F