#E4CE59#E4CE59

#E4CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE59
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -6.03, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 59.78, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0209 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8717, 61.3603, 18.3500)
Luminance	0.6136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE59 #596FE4

analogous

#E48959 #E4CE59 #B4E459

triadic

#E4CE59 #59E4CE #CE59E4

tetradic

#E4CE59 #59E489 #596FE4 #E459B4

square

#E4CE59 #59E489 #596FE4 #E459B4

split-complementary

#E4CE59 #59B4E4 #8959E4

monochromatic

#A7911B #DBBE24 #E4CE59 #EDDE8E #F5EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E4CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE59

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE59	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8c',
    500: '#e4ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce59;
$custom-light: #f0dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84771,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE59

secondary

#384AA9

accent

#30D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE59

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

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