#E4CE60#E4CE60
#E4CE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4CE60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 206, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.9%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.64, -5.55, 56.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.64, 56.70, 95.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.85% -0.0187 0.1308) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.85% 0.132 98.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.1797, 61.4835, 19.9723) |
| Luminance | 0.6148 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.58
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.85
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.86
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.93
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.06
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4CE60 #6076E4
analogous
#E48C60 #E4CE60 #B8E460
triadic
#E4CE60 #60E4CE #CE60E4
tetradic
#E4CE60 #60E48C #6076E4 #E460B8
square
#E4CE60 #60E48C #6076E4 #E460B8
split-complementary
#E4CE60 #60B8E4 #8C60E4
monochromatic
#AC941D #DBBE2C #E4CE60 #EDDE94 #F6EEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#E4CE60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.30
#E4CE60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4CE60
13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4CE60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4CE60 | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.30 | 13.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C955
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D165
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C1B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4ce60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.132 98.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdc91',
500: '#e4ce60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4ce60; $custom-light: #efdc91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4ce60",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 206,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50,
"s": 70.968,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84845,
"c": 0.13214,
"h": 98.1
},
"luminance": 0.61481
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4CE60
secondary
#3A4EAE
accent
#33D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F