#E4CE61#E4CE61

#E4CE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE61
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -5.48, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 56.25, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0184 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(56.2260, 61.5021, 20.2164)
Luminance	0.6150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE61 #6177E4

analogous

#E48C61 #E4CE61 #B8E461

triadic

#E4CE61 #61E4CE #CE61E4

tetradic

#E4CE61 #61E48C #6177E4 #E461B8

square

#E4CE61 #61E48C #6177E4 #E461B8

split-complementary

#E4CE61 #61B8E4 #8C61E4

monochromatic

#AD951E #DBBE2D #E4CE61 #EDDE95 #F6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#E4CE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE61

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE61	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)

#E0C956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc91',
    500: '#e4ce61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce61;
$custom-light: #efdc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84856,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE61

secondary

#3B4EAE

accent

#33D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE61

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

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