#E4CD59#E4CD59

#E4CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD59
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -5.52, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 59.45, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0194 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6317, 60.8804, 18.2700)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD59 #5970E4

analogous

#E48859 #E4CD59 #B6E459

triadic

#E4CD59 #59E4CD #CD59E4

tetradic

#E4CD59 #59E488 #5970E4 #E459B6

square

#E4CD59 #59E488 #5970E4 #E459B6

split-complementary

#E4CD59 #59B6E4 #8859E4

monochromatic

#A7901B #DBBD24 #E4CD59 #EDDD8E #F5EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E4CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD59

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD59	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8c',
    500: '#e4cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd59;
$custom-light: #f0dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84567,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD59

secondary

#384BA9

accent

#32D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD59

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

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