#E4CE5F#E4CE5F
#E4CE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4CE5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 206, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.63, -5.62, 56.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.63, 57.15, 95.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.83% -0.019 0.1316) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.83% 0.133 98.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1340, 61.4652, 19.7314) |
| Luminance | 0.6146 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.66
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.80
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.84
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.02
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.05
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4CE5F #5F75E4
analogous
#E48B5F #E4CE5F #B7E45F
triadic
#E4CE5F #5FE4CE #CE5FE4
tetradic
#E4CE5F #5FE48B #5F75E4 #E45FB7
square
#E4CE5F #5FE48B #5F75E4 #E45FB7
split-complementary
#E4CE5F #5FB7E4 #8B5FE4
monochromatic
#AC941D #DBBE2B #E4CE5F #EDDE93 #F6EEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#E4CE5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.29
#E4CE5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4CE5F
13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4CE5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4CE5F | 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)
#E0C954
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D164
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C1B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4ce5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.133 98.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdc90',
500: '#e4ce5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4ce5f; $custom-light: #efdc90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4ce5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 206,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.075,
"s": 71.123,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84834,
"c": 0.133,
"h": 98.2
},
"luminance": 0.61463
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4CE5F
secondary
#3A4DAD
accent
#32D312
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F