#E4CD54#E4CD54

#E4CD54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD54
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -5.84, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 61.59, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0209 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4288, 60.7992, 17.2016)
Luminance	0.6080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD54 #546BE4

analogous

#E48554 #E4CD54 #B3E454

triadic

#E4CD54 #54E4CD #CD54E4

tetradic

#E4CD54 #54E485 #546BE4 #E454B3

square

#E4CD54 #54E485 #546BE4 #E454B3

split-complementary

#E4CD54 #54B3E4 #8554E4

monochromatic

#A48E1A #D9BB22 #E4CD54 #ECDC89 #F5ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CD54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E4CD54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD54

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD54	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db89',
    500: '#e4cd54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd54;
$custom-light: #f0db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84519,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD54

secondary

#3648A6

accent

#30D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD54

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

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