#E4CB5B#E4CB5B

#E4CB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB5B
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -4.37, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 57.92, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0159 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2415, 59.9637, 18.5599)
Luminance	0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB5B #5B74E4

analogous

#E4865B #E4CB5B #B9E45B

triadic

#E4CB5B #5BE4CB #CB5BE4

tetradic

#E4CB5B #5BE486 #5B74E4 #E45BB9

square

#E4CB5B #5BE486 #5B74E4 #E45BB9

split-complementary

#E4CB5B #5BB9E4 #865BE4

monochromatic

#A98F1C #DBBA26 #E4CB5B #EDDC90 #F5ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E4CB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB5B

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB5B	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)

#DDC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8d',
    500: '#e4cb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb5b;
$custom-light: #f0da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84181,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB5B

secondary

#394DAB

accent

#35D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB5B

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

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