#E4D15E#E4D15E

#E4D15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D15E
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -7.22, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 58.62, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.0237 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(56.8179, 62.9054, 19.7366)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D15E #5E71E4

analogous

#E48E5E #E4D15E #B4E45E

triadic

#E4D15E #5EE4D1 #D15EE4

tetradic

#E4D15E #5EE48E #5E71E4 #E45EB4

square

#E4D15E #5EE48E #5E71E4 #E45EB4

split-complementary

#E4D15E #5EB4E4 #8E5EE4

monochromatic

#AB971D #DBC22A #E4D15E #EDE092 #F6EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#E4D15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D15E

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D15E	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde90',
    500: '#e4d15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d15e;
$custom-light: #efde90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85437,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.62903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D15E

secondary

#3A4AAD

accent

#2ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D15E

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

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