#E4D165#E4D165

#E4D165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.130 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D165
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -6.71, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 55.49, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0214 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.13 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1464, 63.0368, 21.4665)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D165 #6578E4

analogous

#E49265 #E4D165 #B7E465

triadic

#E4D165 #65E4D1 #D165E4

tetradic

#E4D165 #65E492 #6578E4 #E465B7

square

#E4D165 #65E492 #6578E4 #E465B7

split-complementary

#E4D165 #65B7E4 #9265E4

monochromatic

#B09A1F #DBC131 #E4D165 #EDE199 #F6F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#E4D165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D165

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D165	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.130 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde94',
    500: '#e4d165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d165;
$custom-light: #efde94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85514,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D165

secondary

#3C4EB1

accent

#30D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D165

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

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