#E4CF49#E4CF49

#E4CF49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.151 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CF49
RGB	rgb(228, 207, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -7.49, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 66.69, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0268 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.151 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5128, 61.6032, 15.2686)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CF49 #495EE4

analogous

#E48249 #E4CF49 #ACE449

triadic

#E4CF49 #49E4CF #CF49E4

tetradic

#E4CF49 #49E482 #495EE4 #E449AC

square

#E4CF49 #49E482 #495EE4 #E449AC

split-complementary

#E4CF49 #49ACE4 #8249E4

monochromatic

#9C8A17 #D1B91F #E4CF49 #ECDD7E #F4EBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E4CF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E4CF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CF49

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CF49	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)

#E2C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 207, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.151 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dd83',
    500: '#e4cf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cf49;
$custom-light: #f0dd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.871,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84833,
    "c": 0.15083,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CF49

secondary

#32419F

accent

#50F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CF49

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

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