#E4D051#E4D051

#E4D051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.146 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D051
RGB	rgb(228, 208, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -7.55, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 63.82, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0261 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0383, 62.2022, 16.8374)
Luminance	0.6220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D051 #5165E4

analogous

#E48751 #E4D051 #AEE451

triadic

#E4D051 #51E4D0 #D051E4

tetradic

#E4D051 #51E487 #5165E4 #E451AE

square

#E4D051 #51E487 #5165E4 #E451AE

split-complementary

#E4D051 #51AEE4 #8751E4

monochromatic

#A28F19 #D7BE21 #E4D051 #ECDE86 #F4EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E4D051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E4D051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D051

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D051	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 208, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de88',
    500: '#e4d051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d051;
$custom-light: #f0de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.837,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85106,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D051

secondary

#3544A4

accent

#2BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D051

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

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