#E4CE5C#E4CE5C

#E4CE5C 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	#E4CE5C
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -5.83, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 58.48, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0199 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0002, 61.4117, 19.0270)
Luminance	0.6141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE5C #5C72E4

analogous

#E48A5C #E4CE5C #B6E45C

triadic

#E4CE5C #5CE4CE #CE5CE4

tetradic

#E4CE5C #5CE48A #5C72E4 #E45CB6

square

#E4CE5C #5CE48A #5C72E4 #E45CB6

split-complementary

#E4CE5C #5CB6E4 #8A5CE4

monochromatic

#AA931C #DBBE27 #E4CE5C #EDDE91 #F5EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E4CE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE5C

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE5C	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)

#E0C950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc8e',
    500: '#e4ce5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce5c;
$custom-light: #efdc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84802,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE5C

secondary

#394BAB

accent

#31D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE5C

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

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