#E4D161#E4D161

#E4D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D161
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -7.00, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 57.29, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0227 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.9551, 62.9603, 20.4594)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D161 #6174E4

analogous

#E48F61 #E4D161 #B5E461

triadic

#E4D161 #61E4D1 #D161E4

tetradic

#E4D161 #61E48F #6174E4 #E461B5

square

#E4D161 #61E48F #6174E4 #E461B5

split-complementary

#E4D161 #61B5E4 #8F61E4

monochromatic

#AD981E #DBC22D #E4D161 #EDE095 #F6EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E4D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E4D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D161

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D161	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde91',
    500: '#e4d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d161;
$custom-light: #efde91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85469,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D161

secondary

#3B4CAE

accent

#2FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D161

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

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