#E4CD49#E4CD49

#E4CD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.149 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD49
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -6.48, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 66.06, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0239 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.149 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0313, 60.6402, 15.1081)
Luminance	0.6064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD49 #4960E4

analogous

#E48049 #E4CD49 #AEE449

triadic

#E4CD49 #49E4CD #CD49E4

tetradic

#E4CD49 #49E480 #4960E4 #E449AE

square

#E4CD49 #49E480 #4960E4 #E449AE

split-complementary

#E4CD49 #49AEE4 #8049E4

monochromatic

#9C8817 #D1B61F #E4CD49 #ECDC7E #F4EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E4CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD49

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD49	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.149 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db83',
    500: '#e4cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd49;
$custom-light: #f0db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84423,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD49

secondary

#32429F

accent

#53F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD49

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

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