#E4D169#E4D169

#E4D169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D169
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 53.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -6.40, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 53.66, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0201 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3471, 63.1171, 22.5239)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D169 #697CE4

analogous

#E49469 #E4D169 #B9E469

triadic

#E4D169 #69E4D1 #D169E4

tetradic

#E4D169 #69E494 #697CE4 #E469B9

square

#E4D169 #69E494 #697CE4 #E469B9

split-complementary

#E4D169 #69B9E4 #9469E4

monochromatic

#B29C20 #DBC135 #E4D169 #EDE19D #F7F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E4D169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D169

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D169	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde97',
    500: '#e4d169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d169;
$custom-light: #efde97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85561,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D169

secondary

#3E50B3

accent

#31D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D169

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

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