#E4CD60#E4CD60

#E4CD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD60
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -5.04, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 56.36, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0172 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9397, 61.0036, 19.8924)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD60 #6077E4

analogous

#E48B60 #E4CD60 #B9E460

triadic

#E4CD60 #60E4CD #CD60E4

tetradic

#E4CD60 #60E48B #6077E4 #E460B9

square

#E4CD60 #60E48B #6077E4 #E460B9

split-complementary

#E4CD60 #60B9E4 #8B60E4

monochromatic

#AC931D #DBBD2C #E4CD60 #EDDD94 #F6EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E4CD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD60

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD60	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)

#DFC855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc91',
    500: '#e4cd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd60;
$custom-light: #efdc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84641,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD60

secondary

#3A4FAE

accent

#34D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD60

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

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