#E4CE62#E4CE62

#E4CE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE62
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -5.40, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 55.80, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.018 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2730, 61.5208, 20.4635)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE62 #6278E4

analogous

#E48D62 #E4CE62 #B9E462

triadic

#E4CE62 #62E4CE #CE62E4

tetradic

#E4CE62 #62E48D #6278E4 #E462B9

square

#E4CE62 #62E48D #6278E4 #E462B9

split-complementary

#E4CE62 #62B9E4 #8D62E4

monochromatic

#AE951E #DBBE2E #E4CE62 #EDDE96 #F6EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#E4CE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE62

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE62	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)

#E0C957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc92',
    500: '#e4ce62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce62;
$custom-light: #efdc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84867,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE62

secondary

#3B4FAF

accent

#33D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE62

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

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