#E4CD61#E4CD61

#E4CD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD61
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -4.97, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 55.91, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0169 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9861, 61.0221, 20.1364)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD61 #6178E4

analogous

#E48B61 #E4CD61 #B9E461

triadic

#E4CD61 #61E4CD #CD61E4

tetradic

#E4CD61 #61E48B #6178E4 #E461B9

square

#E4CD61 #61E48B #6178E4 #E461B9

split-complementary

#E4CD61 #61B9E4 #8B61E4

monochromatic

#AD941E #DBBC2D #E4CD61 #EDDE95 #F6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E4CD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD61

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD61	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc91',
    500: '#e4cd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd61;
$custom-light: #efdc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84652,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD61

secondary

#3B4FAE

accent

#34D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD61

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

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