#E4CD50#E4CD50

#E4CD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD50
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -6.09, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 63.26, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.022 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2766, 60.7383, 16.3999)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD50 #5067E4

analogous

#E48350 #E4CD50 #B1E450

triadic

#E4CD50 #50E4CD #CD50E4

tetradic

#E4CD50 #50E483 #5067E4 #E450B1

square

#E4CD50 #50E483 #5067E4 #E450B1

split-complementary

#E4CD50 #50B1E4 #8350E4

monochromatic

#A18C19 #D6BA21 #E4CD50 #ECDC85 #F4EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E4CD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD50

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD50	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db87',
    500: '#e4cd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd50;
$custom-light: #f0db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84482,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD50

secondary

#3546A4

accent

#2FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD50

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

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