#E4D15B#E4D15B

#E4D15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D15B
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -7.43, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 59.94, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0246 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6859, 62.8526, 19.0414)
Luminance	0.6285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D15B #5B6EE4

analogous

#E48D5B #E4D15B #B2E45B

triadic

#E4D15B #5BE4D1 #D15BE4

tetradic

#E4D15B #5BE48D #5B6EE4 #E45BB2

square

#E4D15B #5BE48D #5B6EE4 #E45BB2

split-complementary

#E4D15B #5BB2E4 #8D5BE4

monochromatic

#A9951C #DBC226 #E4D15B #EDE090 #F5EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#E4D15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D15B

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D15B	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)

#E3CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde8e',
    500: '#e4d15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d15b;
$custom-light: #efde8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85406,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D15B

secondary

#3948AB

accent

#2DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D15B

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

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