#E4CB60#E4CB60
#E4CB60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.130 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4CB60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 203, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 57.9%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.87, -4.01, 55.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.87, 55.70, 94.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.24% -0.0143 0.1289) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.24% 0.13 96.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.4644, 60.0529, 19.7339) |
| Luminance | 0.6005 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.37
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.68
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.69
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.89
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.83
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4CB60 #6079E4
analogous
#E48960 #E4CB60 #BBE460
triadic
#E4CB60 #60E4CB #CB60E4
tetradic
#E4CB60 #60E489 #6079E4 #E460BB
square
#E4CB60 #60E489 #6079E4 #E460BB
split-complementary
#E4CB60 #60BBE4 #8960E4
monochromatic
#AC911D #DBBA2C #E4CB60 #EDDC94 #F6EDC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E4CB60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.01
#E4CB60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4CB60
13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4CB60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4CB60 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.01 | 13.01 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC755
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4BEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4cb60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.130 96.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efda90',
500: '#e4cb60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4cb60; $custom-light: #efda90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4cb60",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 203,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.636,
"s": 70.968,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84235,
"c": 0.12972,
"h": 96.3
},
"luminance": 0.6005
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4CB60
secondary
#3A50AE
accent
#37D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F