#E4CD5C#E4CD5C

#E4CD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD5C
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -5.32, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 58.14, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0185 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7602, 60.9318, 18.9470)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD5C #5C73E4

analogous

#E4895C #E4CD5C #B7E45C

triadic

#E4CD5C #5CE4CD #CD5CE4

tetradic

#E4CD5C #5CE489 #5C73E4 #E45CB7

square

#E4CD5C #5CE489 #5C73E4 #E45CB7

split-complementary

#E4CD5C #5CB7E4 #895CE4

monochromatic

#AA921C #DBBD27 #E4CD5C #EDDD91 #F5EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E4CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD5C

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD5C	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc8e',
    500: '#e4cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd5c;
$custom-light: #efdc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84598,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD5C

secondary

#394CAB

accent

#33D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD5C

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

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