#E4D159#E4D159

#E4D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.141 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D159
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -7.56, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 60.80, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0252 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.141 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6008, 62.8185, 18.5930)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D159 #596CE4

analogous

#E48C59 #E4D159 #B1E459

triadic

#E4D159 #59E4D1 #D159E4

tetradic

#E4D159 #59E48C #596CE4 #E459B1

square

#E4D159 #59E48C #596CE4 #E459B1

split-complementary

#E4D159 #59B1E4 #8C59E4

monochromatic

#A7941B #DBC224 #E4D159 #EDE08E #F5EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#E4D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D159

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D159	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)

#E3CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.141 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8c',
    500: '#e4d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d159;
$custom-light: #f0de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85386,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D159

secondary

#3847A9

accent

#2CD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D159

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

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