#E4CE49#E4CE49

#E4CE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.150 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE49
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -6.98, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 66.37, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0254 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.15 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2713, 61.1202, 15.1881)
Luminance	0.6112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE49 #495FE4

analogous

#E48149 #E4CE49 #ADE449

triadic

#E4CE49 #49E4CE #CE49E4

tetradic

#E4CE49 #49E481 #495FE4 #E449AD

square

#E4CE49 #49E481 #495FE4 #E449AD

split-complementary

#E4CE49 #49ADE4 #8149E4

monochromatic

#9C8917 #D1B81F #E4CE49 #ECDC7E #F4EBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E4CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE49

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE49	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.150 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc83',
    500: '#e4ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce49;
$custom-light: #f0dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.484,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84628,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE49

secondary

#32429F

accent

#51F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE49

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

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