#E4D15C#E4D15C

#E4D15C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D15C
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -7.36, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 59.50, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0243 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.7293, 62.8700, 19.2701)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D15C #5C6FE4

analogous

#E48D5C #E4D15C #B3E45C

triadic

#E4D15C #5CE4D1 #D15CE4

tetradic

#E4D15C #5CE48D #5C6FE4 #E45CB3

square

#E4D15C #5CE48D #5C6FE4 #E45CB3

split-complementary

#E4D15C #5CB3E4 #8D5CE4

monochromatic

#AA961C #DBC227 #E4D15C #EDE091 #F5EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#E4D15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D15C

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D15C	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)

#E3CC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde8e',
    500: '#e4d15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d15c;
$custom-light: #efde8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85416,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D15C

secondary

#3949AB

accent

#2DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D15C

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

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