#E4CB61#E4CB61

#E4CB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.129 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CB61
RGB	rgb(228, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -3.94, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 55.25, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0139 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.129 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5107, 60.0714, 19.9779)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CB61 #617AE4

analogous

#E48961 #E4CB61 #BBE461

triadic

#E4CB61 #61E4CB #CB61E4

tetradic

#E4CB61 #61E489 #617AE4 #E461BB

square

#E4CB61 #61E489 #617AE4 #E461BB

split-complementary

#E4CB61 #61BBE4 #8961E4

monochromatic

#AD921E #DBBA2D #E4CB61 #EDDC95 #F6EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E4CB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E4CB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CB61

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CB61	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)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.129 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efda91',
    500: '#e4cb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cb61;
$custom-light: #efda91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84246,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CB61

secondary

#3B51AE

accent

#37D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CB61

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

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