#E4CD65#E4CD65

#E4CD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CD65
RGB	rgb(228, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -4.67, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 54.10, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0156 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(56.1773, 61.0986, 21.1435)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CD65 #657CE4

analogous

#E48E65 #E4CD65 #BCE465

triadic

#E4CD65 #65E4CD #CD65E4

tetradic

#E4CD65 #65E48E #657CE4 #E465BC

square

#E4CD65 #65E48E #657CE4 #E465BC

split-complementary

#E4CD65 #65BCE4 #8E65E4

monochromatic

#B0961F #DBBC31 #E4CD65 #EDDE99 #F6EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E4CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E4CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CD65

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CD65	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc94',
    500: '#e4cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cd65;
$custom-light: #efdc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84698,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.61096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CD65

secondary

#3C51B1

accent

#36D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CD65

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

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