#E4CE55#E4CE55

#E4CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE55
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, -6.29, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 61.50, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0221 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(55.7082, 61.2949, 17.4893)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE55 #556BE4

analogous

#E48755 #E4CE55 #B3E455

triadic

#E4CE55 #55E4CE #CE55E4

tetradic

#E4CE55 #55E487 #556BE4 #E455B3

square

#E4CE55 #55E487 #556BE4 #E455B3

split-complementary

#E4CE55 #55B3E4 #8755E4

monochromatic

#A48F1A #D9BD23 #E4CE55 #ECDD8A #F5ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E4CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE55

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE55	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)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8a',
    500: '#e4ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce55;
$custom-light: #f0dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84732,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.61292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE55

secondary

#3648A7

accent

#2FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE55

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

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