#E4CB5E#E4CB5E

#E4CB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.131 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB5E
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -4.16, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 56.59, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0149 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.131 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3735, 60.0165, 19.2551)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB5E #5E77E4

analogous

#E4885E #E4CB5E #BAE45E

triadic

#E4CB5E #5EE4CB #CB5EE4

tetradic

#E4CB5E #5EE488 #5E77E4 #E45EBA

square

#E4CB5E #5EE488 #5E77E4 #E45EBA

split-complementary

#E4CB5E #5EBAE4 #885EE4

monochromatic

#AB901D #DBBA2A #E4CB5E #EDDC92 #F6EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E4CB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E4CB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB5E

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB5E	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.131 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda8f',
    500: '#e4cb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb5e;
$custom-light: #efda8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84213,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB5E

secondary

#3A4FAD

accent

#36D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB5E

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

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