#E4CE69#E4CE69

#E4CE69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.124 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE69
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -4.86, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 52.60, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0157 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.124 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6180, 61.6589, 22.2809)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE69 #697FE4

analogous

#E49069 #E4CE69 #BDE469

triadic

#E4CE69 #69E4CE #CE69E4

tetradic

#E4CE69 #69E490 #697FE4 #E469BD

square

#E4CE69 #69E490 #697FE4 #E469BD

split-complementary

#E4CE69 #69BDE4 #9069E4

monochromatic

#B29820 #DBBD35 #E4CE69 #EDDF9D #F7F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E4CE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE69

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE69	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.124 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc96',
    500: '#e4ce69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce69;
$custom-light: #efdc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84949,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE69

secondary

#3E53B3

accent

#36D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE69

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

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