#E4D151#E4D151

#E4D151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.147 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D151
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -8.06, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 64.16, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0276 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.147 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2829, 62.6914, 16.9190)
Luminance	0.6269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D151 #5164E4

analogous

#E48751 #E4D151 #ADE451

triadic

#E4D151 #51E4D1 #D151E4

tetradic

#E4D151 #51E487 #5164E4 #E451AD

square

#E4D151 #51E487 #5164E4 #E451AD

split-complementary

#E4D151 #51ADE4 #8751E4

monochromatic

#A29019 #D7BF21 #E4D151 #ECDF86 #F4EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#E4D151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D151

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D151	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.147 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de88',
    500: '#e4d151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d151;
$custom-light: #f0de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.245,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85311,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D151

secondary

#3543A4

accent

#2AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D151

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

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