#E4CD5D#E4CD5D

#E4CD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD5D
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -5.25, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 57.70, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0182 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8042, 60.9494, 19.1788)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD5D #5D74E4

analogous

#E4895D #E4CD5D #B7E45D

triadic

#E4CD5D #5DE4CD #CD5DE4

tetradic

#E4CD5D #5DE489 #5D74E4 #E45DB7

square

#E4CD5D #5DE489 #5D74E4 #E45DB7

split-complementary

#E4CD5D #5DB7E4 #895DE4

monochromatic

#AA921C #DBBD29 #E4CD5D #EDDD91 #F5EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E4CD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD5D

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD5D	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc8f',
    500: '#e4cd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd5d;
$custom-light: #efdc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84609,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD5D

secondary

#394DAC

accent

#33D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD5D

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

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