#E4CB65#E4CB65
#E4CB65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.125 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4CB65 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 203, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 70%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 56%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 55.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.92, -3.64, 53.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.92, 53.42, 93.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.29% -0.0126 0.1246) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.29% 0.125 95.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.7019, 60.1479, 20.9851) |
| Luminance | 0.6015 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.71
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.64
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.88
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.02
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.81
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4CB65 #657EE4
analogous
#E48C65 #E4CB65 #BEE465
triadic
#E4CB65 #65E4CB #CB65E4
tetradic
#E4CB65 #65E48C #657EE4 #E465BE
square
#E4CB65 #65E48C #657EE4 #E465BE
split-complementary
#E4CB65 #65BEE4 #8C65E4
monochromatic
#B0931F #DBB931 #E4CB65 #EDDD99 #F6EECD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.61
#E4CB65 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.03
#E4CB65 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4CB65
13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4CB65 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4CB65 | 1.00 | 1.61 | 13.03 | 13.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.61 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC75B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CF69
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4BEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4cb65; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 203, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.125 95.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efda94',
500: '#e4cb65',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4cb65; $custom-light: #efda94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4cb65",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 203,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.189,
"s": 70.166,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84292,
"c": 0.12527,
"h": 95.8
},
"luminance": 0.60145
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4CB65
secondary
#3C53B1
accent
#39D213
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F