#E4CD5F#E4CD5F

#E4CD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.132 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD5F
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -5.11, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 56.81, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0175 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.132 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8940, 60.9853, 19.6514)
Luminance	0.6098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD5F #5F76E4

analogous

#E48A5F #E4CD5F #B8E45F

triadic

#E4CD5F #5FE4CD #CD5FE4

tetradic

#E4CD5F #5FE48A #5F76E4 #E45FB8

square

#E4CD5F #5FE48A #5F76E4 #E45FB8

split-complementary

#E4CD5F #5FB8E4 #8A5FE4

monochromatic

#AC931D #DBBD2B #E4CD5F #EDDD93 #F6EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E4CD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD5F

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD5F	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.132 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc90',
    500: '#e4cd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd5f;
$custom-light: #efdc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8463,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD5F

secondary

#3A4EAD

accent

#34D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD5F

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

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