#E4D162#E4D162

#E4D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D162
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -6.93, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 56.84, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0224 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0021, 62.9791, 20.7065)
Luminance	0.6298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D162 #6275E4

analogous

#E49062 #E4D162 #B6E462

triadic

#E4D162 #62E4D1 #D162E4

tetradic

#E4D162 #62E490 #6275E4 #E462B6

square

#E4D162 #62E490 #6275E4 #E462B6

split-complementary

#E4D162 #62B6E4 #9062E4

monochromatic

#AE991E #DBC22E #E4D162 #EDE096 #F6F0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E4D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D162

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D162	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde92',
    500: '#e4d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d162;
$custom-light: #efde92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8548,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D162

secondary

#3B4CAF

accent

#2FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D162

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

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