#E4CD57#E4CD57

#E4CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD57
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -5.65, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 60.32, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.02 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5489, 60.8472, 17.8337)
Luminance	0.6085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD57 #576EE4

analogous

#E48757 #E4CD57 #B5E457

triadic

#E4CD57 #57E4CD #CD57E4

tetradic

#E4CD57 #57E487 #576EE4 #E457B5

square

#E4CD57 #57E487 #576EE4 #E457B5

split-complementary

#E4CD57 #57B5E4 #8757E4

monochromatic

#A68F1B #DBBD23 #E4CD57 #ECDD8C #F5ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E4CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD57

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD57	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8b',
    500: '#e4cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd57;
$custom-light: #f0db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84547,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD57

secondary

#374AA8

accent

#31D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD57

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

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