#E4D157#E4D157

#E4D157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D157
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, -7.69, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 61.66, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0258 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5179, 62.7854, 18.1567)
Luminance	0.6278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D157 #576AE4

analogous

#E48B57 #E4D157 #B1E457

triadic

#E4D157 #57E4D1 #D157E4

tetradic

#E4D157 #57E48B #576AE4 #E457B1

square

#E4D157 #57E48B #576AE4 #E457B1

split-complementary

#E4D157 #57B1E4 #8B57E4

monochromatic

#A6931B #DBC223 #E4D157 #ECDF8C #F5EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#E4D157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D157

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D157	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8b',
    500: '#e4d157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d157;
$custom-light: #f0de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85366,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D157

secondary

#3746A8

accent

#2BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D157

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

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