#E4D05A#E4D05A

#E4D05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D05A
RGB	rgb(228, 208, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -6.98, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 60.03, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0235 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3985, 62.3463, 18.7342)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D05A #5A6EE4

analogous

#E48B5A #E4D05A #B3E45A

triadic

#E4D05A #5AE4D0 #D05AE4

tetradic

#E4D05A #5AE48B #5A6EE4 #E45AB3

square

#E4D05A #5AE48B #5A6EE4 #E45AB3

split-complementary

#E4D05A #5AB3E4 #8B5AE4

monochromatic

#A8941C #DBC125 #E4D05A #EDDF8F #F5EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E4D05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E4D05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D05A

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D05A	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)

#E2CB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 208, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8d',
    500: '#e4d05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d05a;
$custom-light: #f0de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85191,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D05A

secondary

#3849AA

accent

#2ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D05A

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

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