#E4CE65#E4CE65

#E4CE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE65
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -5.18, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 54.44, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.017 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.128 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4173, 61.5786, 21.2235)
Luminance	0.6158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE65 #657BE4

analogous

#E48E65 #E4CE65 #BBE465

triadic

#E4CE65 #65E4CE #CE65E4

tetradic

#E4CE65 #65E48E #657BE4 #E465BB

square

#E4CE65 #65E48E #657BE4 #E465BB

split-complementary

#E4CE65 #65BBE4 #8E65E4

monochromatic

#B0971F #DBBD31 #E4CE65 #EDDF99 #F6EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E4CE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE65

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE65	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.128 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc94',
    500: '#e4ce65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce65;
$custom-light: #efdc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84902,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE65

secondary

#3C51B1

accent

#34D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE65

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

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