#E4D166#E4D166

#E4D166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.129 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D166
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -6.63, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 55.03, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0211 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.129 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1957, 63.0565, 21.7261)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D166 #6679E4

analogous

#E49266 #E4D166 #B8E466

triadic

#E4D166 #66E4D1 #D166E4

tetradic

#E4D166 #66E492 #6679E4 #E466B8

square

#E4D166 #66E492 #6679E4 #E466B8

split-complementary

#E4D166 #66B8E4 #9266E4

monochromatic

#B09B1F #DBC132 #E4D166 #EDE19A #F6F0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#E4D166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D166

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D166	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)

#E2CC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.129 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde95',
    500: '#e4d166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d166;
$custom-light: #efde95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85525,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D166

secondary

#3D4EB1

accent

#30D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D166

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

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