#E4D055#E4D055

#E4D055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D055
RGB	rgb(228, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -7.31, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 62.16, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.025 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.1928, 62.2640, 17.6508)
Luminance	0.6226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D055 #5569E4

analogous

#E48955 #E4D055 #B1E455

triadic

#E4D055 #55E4D0 #D055E4

tetradic

#E4D055 #55E489 #5569E4 #E455B1

square

#E4D055 #55E489 #5569E4 #E455B1

split-complementary

#E4D055 #55B1E4 #8955E4

monochromatic

#A4911A #D9C023 #E4D055 #ECDF8A #F5EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E4D055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#E4D055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D055

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D055	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8a',
    500: '#e4d055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d055;
$custom-light: #f0de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85142,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D055

secondary

#3646A7

accent

#2CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D055

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

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