#E4CD51#E4CD51

#E4CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD51
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -6.03, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 62.84, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0218 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.144 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3138, 60.7532, 16.5959)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD51 #5168E4

analogous

#E48351 #E4CD51 #B2E451

triadic

#E4CD51 #51E4CD #CD51E4

tetradic

#E4CD51 #51E483 #5168E4 #E451B2

square

#E4CD51 #51E483 #5168E4 #E451B2

split-complementary

#E4CD51 #51B2E4 #8351E4

monochromatic

#A28C19 #D7BA21 #E4CD51 #ECDC86 #F4EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E4CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD51

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD51	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db87',
    500: '#e4cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd51;
$custom-light: #f0db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84491,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD51

secondary

#3546A4

accent

#2FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD51

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

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