#E4CE5D#E4CE5D

#E4CE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE5D
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -5.76, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 58.03, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0196 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0442, 61.4293, 19.2588)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE5D #5D73E4

analogous

#E48A5D #E4CE5D #B7E45D

triadic

#E4CE5D #5DE4CE #CE5DE4

tetradic

#E4CE5D #5DE48A #5D73E4 #E45DB7

square

#E4CE5D #5DE48A #5D73E4 #E45DB7

split-complementary

#E4CE5D #5DB7E4 #8A5DE4

monochromatic

#AA931C #DBBE29 #E4CE5D #EDDE91 #F5EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E4CE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE5D

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE5D	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc8f',
    500: '#e4ce5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce5d;
$custom-light: #efdc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84813,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE5D

secondary

#394CAC

accent

#32D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE5D

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

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