#E4D155#E4D155

#E4D155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.144 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D155
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -7.82, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 62.50, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0264 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.144 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4373, 62.7532, 17.7323)
Luminance	0.6275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D155 #5568E4

analogous

#E48A55 #E4D155 #B0E455

triadic

#E4D155 #55E4D1 #D155E4

tetradic

#E4D155 #55E48A #5568E4 #E455B0

square

#E4D155 #55E48A #5568E4 #E455B0

split-complementary

#E4D155 #55B0E4 #8A55E4

monochromatic

#A4921A #D9C123 #E4D155 #ECDF8A #F5EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#E4D155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D155

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D155	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.144 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8a',
    500: '#e4d155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d155;
$custom-light: #f0de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85347,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D155

secondary

#3645A7

accent

#2BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D155

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

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