#E4D164#E4D164

#E4D164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D164
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 100)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 56.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -6.78, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 55.94, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0218 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0977, 63.0173, 21.2101)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D164 #6477E4

analogous

#E49164 #E4D164 #B7E464

triadic

#E4D164 #64E4D1 #D164E4

tetradic

#E4D164 #64E491 #6477E4 #E464B7

square

#E4D164 #64E491 #6477E4 #E464B7

split-complementary

#E4D164 #64B7E4 #9164E4

monochromatic

#AF9A1F #DBC230 #E4D164 #EDE098 #F6F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E4D164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D164

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D164	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)

#E2CC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde93',
    500: '#e4d164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d164;
$custom-light: #efde93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85502,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D164

secondary

#3C4DB0

accent

#30D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D164

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

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