#E4CD55#E4CD55

#E4CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD55
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -5.78, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 61.17, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0206 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4683, 60.8150, 17.4093)
Luminance	0.6081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD55 #556CE4

analogous

#E48655 #E4CD55 #B4E455

triadic

#E4CD55 #55E4CD #CD55E4

tetradic

#E4CD55 #55E486 #556CE4 #E455B4

square

#E4CD55 #55E486 #556CE4 #E455B4

split-complementary

#E4CD55 #55B4E4 #8655E4

monochromatic

#A48E1A #D9BC23 #E4CD55 #ECDD8A #F5ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E4CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD55

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD55	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8a',
    500: '#e4cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd55;
$custom-light: #f0db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84528,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD55

secondary

#3648A7

accent

#30D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD55

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

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