#E4D15A#E4D15A

#E4D15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D15A
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -7.49, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 60.37, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0249 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6430, 62.8354, 18.8157)
Luminance	0.6283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D15A #5A6DE4

analogous

#E48C5A #E4D15A #B2E45A

triadic

#E4D15A #5AE4D1 #D15AE4

tetradic

#E4D15A #5AE48C #5A6DE4 #E45AB2

square

#E4D15A #5AE48C #5A6DE4 #E45AB2

split-complementary

#E4D15A #5AB2E4 #8C5AE4

monochromatic

#A8951C #DBC225 #E4D15A #EDE08F #F5EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#E4D15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D15A

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D15A	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de8d',
    500: '#e4d15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d15a;
$custom-light: #f0de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85396,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D15A

secondary

#3848AA

accent

#2CD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D15A

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

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