#E4CE54#E4CE54

#E4CE54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE54
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -6.35, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 61.92, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0224 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6688, 61.2792, 17.2816)
Luminance	0.6128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE54 #546AE4

analogous

#E48654 #E4CE54 #B2E454

triadic

#E4CE54 #54E4CE #CE54E4

tetradic

#E4CE54 #54E486 #546AE4 #E454B2

square

#E4CE54 #54E486 #546AE4 #E454B2

split-complementary

#E4CE54 #54B2E4 #8654E4

monochromatic

#A48F1A #D9BD22 #E4CE54 #ECDD89 #F5ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E4CE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE54

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE54	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc89',
    500: '#e4ce54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce54;
$custom-light: #f0dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84723,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE54

secondary

#3647A6

accent

#2FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE54

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

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