#E4CE5A#E4CE5A

#E4CE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE5A
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -5.97, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 59.35, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0206 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9139, 61.3772, 18.5726)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE5A #5A70E4

analogous

#E4895A #E4CE5A #B5E45A

triadic

#E4CE5A #5AE4CE #CE5AE4

tetradic

#E4CE5A #5AE489 #5A70E4 #E45AB5

square

#E4CE5A #5AE489 #5A70E4 #E45AB5

split-complementary

#E4CE5A #5AB5E4 #895AE4

monochromatic

#A8921C #DBBE25 #E4CE5A #EDDE8F #F5EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E4CE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE5A

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE5A	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8d',
    500: '#e4ce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce5a;
$custom-light: #f0dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84782,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE5A

secondary

#384AAA

accent

#31D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE5A

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

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