#E4D059#E4D059

#E4D059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D059
RGB	rgb(228, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -7.05, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 60.46, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0238 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3562, 62.3294, 18.5115)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D059 #596DE4

analogous

#E48B59 #E4D059 #B3E459

triadic

#E4D059 #59E4D0 #D059E4

tetradic

#E4D059 #59E48B #596DE4 #E459B3

square

#E4D059 #59E48B #596DE4 #E459B3

split-complementary

#E4D059 #59B3E4 #8B59E4

monochromatic

#A7931B #DBC124 #E4D059 #EDDF8E #F5EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E4D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E4D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D059

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D059	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8c',
    500: '#e4d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d059;
$custom-light: #f0de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85181,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D059

secondary

#3848A9

accent

#2DD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D059

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

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