#E4CE5B#E4CE5B

#E4CE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE5B
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -5.90, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 58.91, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0203 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9568, 61.3944, 18.7983)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE5B #5B71E4

analogous

#E4895B #E4CE5B #B5E45B

triadic

#E4CE5B #5BE4CE #CE5BE4

tetradic

#E4CE5B #5BE489 #5B71E4 #E45BB5

square

#E4CE5B #5BE489 #5B71E4 #E45BB5

split-complementary

#E4CE5B #5BB5E4 #895BE4

monochromatic

#A9921C #DBBE26 #E4CE5B #EDDE90 #F5EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E4CE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE5B

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE5B	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)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc8d',
    500: '#e4ce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce5b;
$custom-light: #efdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84792,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE5B

secondary

#394BAB

accent

#31D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE5B

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

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