#E4CE6A#E4CE6A

#E4CE6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.123 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE6A
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -4.78, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 52.13, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0153 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.123 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6697, 61.6795, 22.5532)
Luminance	0.6168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE6A #6A80E4

analogous

#E4916A #E4CE6A #BDE46A

triadic

#E4CE6A #6AE4CE #CE6AE4

tetradic

#E4CE6A #6AE491 #6A80E4 #E46ABD

square

#E4CE6A #6AE491 #6A80E4 #E46ABD

split-complementary

#E4CE6A #6ABDE4 #916AE4

monochromatic

#B39920 #DBBD36 #E4CE6A #EDDF9E #F7F0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E4CE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E4CE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE6A

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE6A	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.123 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc97',
    500: '#e4ce6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce6a;
$custom-light: #efdc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84962,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE6A

secondary

#3E54B4

accent

#36D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE6A

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

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