#E4CF59#E4CF59

#E4CF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CF59
RGB	rgb(228, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -6.54, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 60.12, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0223 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1132, 61.8433, 18.4305)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CF59 #596EE4

analogous

#E48959 #E4CF59 #B4E459

triadic

#E4CF59 #59E4CF #CF59E4

tetradic

#E4CF59 #59E489 #596EE4 #E459B4

square

#E4CF59 #59E489 #596EE4 #E459B4

split-complementary

#E4CF59 #59B4E4 #8959E4

monochromatic

#A7921B #DBC024 #E4CF59 #EDDE8E #F5EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E4CF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E4CF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CF59

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CF59	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dd8c',
    500: '#e4cf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cf59;
$custom-light: #f0dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84976,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CF59

secondary

#3849A9

accent

#2FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CF59

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

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