#E4CE63#E4CE63
#E4CE63 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 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4CE63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 206, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 70%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 56.6%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.67, -5.33, 55.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.67, 55.35, 95.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.88% -0.0177 0.1283) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.88% 0.13 97.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.3205, 61.5398, 20.7137) |
| Luminance | 0.6154 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.36
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.56
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.91
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.08
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.19
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4CE63 #6379E4
analogous
#E48E63 #E4CE63 #BAE463
triadic
#E4CE63 #63E4CE #CE63E4
tetradic
#E4CE63 #63E48E #6379E4 #E463BA
square
#E4CE63 #63E48E #6379E4 #E463BA
split-complementary
#E4CE63 #63BAE4 #8E63E4
monochromatic
#AE961E #DBBE2F #E4CE63 #EDDE97 #F6EFCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#E4CE63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.31
#E4CE63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4CE63
13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4CE63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4CE63 | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.31 | 13.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C958
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D168
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C1B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4ce63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.130 97.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdc93',
500: '#e4ce63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4ce63; $custom-light: #efdc93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4ce63",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 206,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.767,
"s": 70.492,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84878,
"c": 0.1295,
"h": 97.9
},
"luminance": 0.61537
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4CE63
secondary
#3C4FB0
accent
#34D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F