#E4D156#E4D156

#E4D156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D156
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -7.75, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 62.08, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0261 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.4774, 62.7692, 17.9430)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D156 #5669E4

analogous

#E48A56 #E4D156 #B0E456

triadic

#E4D156 #56E4D1 #D156E4

tetradic

#E4D156 #56E48A #5669E4 #E456B0

square

#E4D156 #56E48A #5669E4 #E456B0

split-complementary

#E4D156 #56B0E4 #8A56E4

monochromatic

#A5931A #DAC123 #E4D156 #ECDF8B #F5EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#E4D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D156

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D156	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)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8b',
    500: '#e4d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d156;
$custom-light: #f0de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85357,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D156

secondary

#3746A7

accent

#2BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D156

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

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