#E4CD58#E4CD58

#E4CD58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD58
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -5.59, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 59.89, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0197 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5900, 60.8637, 18.0504)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD58 #586FE4

analogous

#E48758 #E4CD58 #B5E458

triadic

#E4CD58 #58E4CD #CD58E4

tetradic

#E4CD58 #58E487 #586FE4 #E458B5

square

#E4CD58 #58E487 #586FE4 #E458B5

split-complementary

#E4CD58 #58B5E4 #8758E4

monochromatic

#A7901B #DBBD23 #E4CD58 #EDDD8D #F5EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E4CD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD58

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD58	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)

#DFC84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8c',
    500: '#e4cd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd58;
$custom-light: #f0db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84557,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD58

secondary

#374AA9

accent

#31D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD58

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

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