#E4CD63#E4CD63

#E4CD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.129 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD63
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -4.82, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 55.01, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0162 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.129 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0805, 61.0599, 20.6337)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD63 #637AE4

analogous

#E48D63 #E4CD63 #BBE463

triadic

#E4CD63 #63E4CD #CD63E4

tetradic

#E4CD63 #63E48D #637AE4 #E463BB

square

#E4CD63 #63E48D #637AE4 #E463BB

split-complementary

#E4CD63 #63BBE4 #8D63E4

monochromatic

#AE951E #DBBC2F #E4CD63 #EDDE97 #F6EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E4CD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD63

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD63	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)

#DFC959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.129 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc92',
    500: '#e4cd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd63;
$custom-light: #efdc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84675,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD63

secondary

#3C50B0

accent

#35D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD63

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

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