#E4CB62#E4CB62
#E4CB62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.128 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4CB62 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 203, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 57%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.89, -3.87, 54.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.89, 54.79, 94.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.26% -0.0136 0.1272) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.26% 0.128 96.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.5576, 60.0902, 20.2250) |
| Luminance | 0.6009 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.11
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.75
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.78
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.81
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.91
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4CB62 #627BE4
analogous
#E48A62 #E4CB62 #BCE462
triadic
#E4CB62 #62E4CB #CB62E4
tetradic
#E4CB62 #62E48A #627BE4 #E462BC
square
#E4CB62 #62E48A #627BE4 #E462BC
split-complementary
#E4CB62 #62BCE4 #8A62E4
monochromatic
#AE921E #DBBA2E #E4CB62 #EDDC96 #F6EECA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E4CB62 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.02
#E4CB62 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4CB62
13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4CB62 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4CB62 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.02 | 13.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC758
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CF67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4BEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4cb62; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.128 96.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efda92',
500: '#e4cb62',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4cb62; $custom-light: #efda92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4cb62",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 203,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.462,
"s": 70.652,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84257,
"c": 0.12796,
"h": 96.1
},
"luminance": 0.60088
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4CB62
secondary
#3B51AF
accent
#38D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F