#E4CE57#E4CE57

#E4CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.140 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE57
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -6.16, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 60.65, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0215 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.14 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7888, 61.3272, 17.9137)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE57 #576DE4

analogous

#E48857 #E4CE57 #B4E457

triadic

#E4CE57 #57E4CE #CE57E4

tetradic

#E4CE57 #57E488 #576DE4 #E457B4

square

#E4CE57 #57E488 #576DE4 #E457B4

split-complementary

#E4CE57 #57B4E4 #8857E4

monochromatic

#A6901B #DBBE23 #E4CE57 #ECDD8C #F5EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E4CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE57

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE57	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)

#E0C94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.140 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8b',
    500: '#e4ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce57;
$custom-light: #f0dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84752,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE57

secondary

#3749A8

accent

#30D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE57

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

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