#E4CE50#E4CE50

#E4CE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.145 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE50
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -6.59, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 63.58, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0235 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.145 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5166, 61.2183, 16.4799)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE50 #5066E4

analogous

#E48450 #E4CE50 #B0E450

triadic

#E4CE50 #50E4CE #CE50E4

tetradic

#E4CE50 #50E484 #5066E4 #E450B0

square

#E4CE50 #50E484 #5066E4 #E450B0

split-complementary

#E4CE50 #50B0E4 #8450E4

monochromatic

#A18D19 #D6BB21 #E4CE50 #ECDD85 #F4ECBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E4CE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE50

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE50	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.145 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc87',
    500: '#e4ce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce50;
$custom-light: #f0dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84687,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE50

secondary

#3545A4

accent

#2DD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE50

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

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