#E4CE6D#E4CE6D

#E4CE6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.120 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CE6D
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -4.54, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 50.73, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0143 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.12 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.8285, 61.7430, 23.3892)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CE6D #6D83E4

analogous

#E4926D #E4CE6D #BEE46D

triadic

#E4CE6D #6DE4CE #CE6DE4

tetradic

#E4CE6D #6DE492 #6D83E4 #E46DBE

square

#E4CE6D #6DE492 #6D83E4 #E46DBE

split-complementary

#E4CE6D #6DBEE4 #926DE4

monochromatic

#B59A21 #DABD39 #E4CE6D #EEDFA1 #F7F1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E4CE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E4CE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CE6D

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CE6D	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4ce6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.120 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc99',
    500: '#e4ce6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4ce6d;
$custom-light: #efdc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4ce6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84999,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CE6D

secondary

#4055B6

accent

#38D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CE6D

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

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