#E4CD5A#E4CD5A

#E4CD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.136 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD5A
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -5.46, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 59.02, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0191 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.136 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6740, 60.8973, 18.4927)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD5A #5A71E4

analogous

#E4885A #E4CD5A #B6E45A

triadic

#E4CD5A #5AE4CD #CD5AE4

tetradic

#E4CD5A #5AE488 #5A71E4 #E45AB6

square

#E4CD5A #5AE488 #5A71E4 #E45AB6

split-complementary

#E4CD5A #5AB6E4 #885AE4

monochromatic

#A8911C #DBBD25 #E4CD5A #EDDD8F #F5EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E4CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD5A

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD5A	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.136 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8d',
    500: '#e4cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd5a;
$custom-light: #f0dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84577,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD5A

secondary

#384BAA

accent

#32D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD5A

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

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