#E4CE5E#E4CE5E

#E4CE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE5E
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -5.69, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 57.59, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0193 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0888, 61.4472, 19.4936)
Luminance	0.6145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE5E #5E74E4

analogous

#E48B5E #E4CE5E #B7E45E

triadic

#E4CE5E #5EE4CE #CE5EE4

tetradic

#E4CE5E #5EE48B #5E74E4 #E45EB7

square

#E4CE5E #5EE48B #5E74E4 #E45EB7

split-complementary

#E4CE5E #5EB7E4 #8B5EE4

monochromatic

#AB941D #DBBE2A #E4CE5E #EDDE92 #F6EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E4CE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE5E

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE5E	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)

#E0C952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc8f',
    500: '#e4ce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce5e;
$custom-light: #efdc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84823,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE5E

secondary

#3A4DAD

accent

#32D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE5E

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

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