#E4CD45#E4CD45

#E4CD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.152 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD45
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -6.68, 67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 67.59, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0249 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.152 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9030, 60.5889, 14.4320)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD45 #455CE4

analogous

#E47D45 #E4CD45 #ABE445

triadic

#E4CD45 #45E4CD #CD45E4

tetradic

#E4CD45 #45E47D #455CE4 #E445AB

square

#E4CD45 #45E47D #455CE4 #E445AB

split-complementary

#E4CD45 #45ABE4 #7D45E4

monochromatic

#988616 #CEB41E #E4CD45 #ECDB7A #F4EAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E4CD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD45

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD45	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.152 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db81',
    500: '#e4cd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd45;
$custom-light: #f0db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.321,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84392,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD45

secondary

#31409C

accent

#52F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD45

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

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