#E4CF55#E4CF55

#E4CF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CF55
RGB	rgb(228, 207, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -6.80, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 61.83, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0235 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9497, 61.7780, 17.5698)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CF55 #556AE4

analogous

#E48855 #E4CF55 #B2E455

triadic

#E4CF55 #55E4CF #CF55E4

tetradic

#E4CF55 #55E488 #556AE4 #E455B2

square

#E4CF55 #55E488 #556AE4 #E455B2

split-complementary

#E4CF55 #55B2E4 #8855E4

monochromatic

#A4901A #D9BE23 #E4CF55 #ECDE8A #F5EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E4CF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E4CF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CF55

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CF55	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 207, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dd8a',
    500: '#e4cf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cf55;
$custom-light: #f0dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84937,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CF55

secondary

#3647A7

accent

#2ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CF55

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

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