#E4CD56#E4CD56

#E4CD56 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 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD56
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -5.72, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 60.74, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0203 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5083, 60.8310, 17.6200)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD56 #566DE4

analogous

#E48656 #E4CD56 #B4E456

triadic

#E4CD56 #56E4CD #CD56E4

tetradic

#E4CD56 #56E486 #566DE4 #E456B4

square

#E4CD56 #56E486 #566DE4 #E456B4

split-complementary

#E4CD56 #56B4E4 #8656E4

monochromatic

#A58F1A #DABC23 #E4CD56 #ECDD8B #F5ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E4CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E4CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD56

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD56	1.00	1.60	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8a',
    500: '#e4cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd56;
$custom-light: #f0db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84538,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD56

secondary

#3749A7

accent

#31D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD56

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

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