#E4CD62#E4CD62

#E4CD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD62
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -4.89, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 55.46, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0166 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0330, 61.0409, 20.3835)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD62 #6279E4

analogous

#E48C62 #E4CD62 #BAE462

triadic

#E4CD62 #62E4CD #CD62E4

tetradic

#E4CD62 #62E48C #6279E4 #E462BA

square

#E4CD62 #62E48C #6279E4 #E462BA

split-complementary

#E4CD62 #62BAE4 #8C62E4

monochromatic

#AE941E #DBBC2E #E4CD62 #EDDE96 #F6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E4CD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD62

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD62	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc92',
    500: '#e4cd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd62;
$custom-light: #efdc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84663,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD62

secondary

#3B50AF

accent

#35D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD62

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

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