#E4D16A#E4D16A

#E4D16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D16A
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 53.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -6.32, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 53.20, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0198 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(57.3988, 63.1378, 22.7962)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D16A #6A7DE4

analogous

#E4946A #E4D16A #BAE46A

triadic

#E4D16A #6AE4D1 #D16AE4

tetradic

#E4D16A #6AE494 #6A7DE4 #E46ABA

square

#E4D16A #6AE494 #6A7DE4 #E46ABA

split-complementary

#E4D16A #6ABAE4 #946AE4

monochromatic

#B39C20 #DBC136 #E4D16A #EDE19E #F7F1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#E4D16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D16A

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D16A	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde97',
    500: '#e4d16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d16a;
$custom-light: #efde97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85573,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.63136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D16A

secondary

#3E51B4

accent

#32D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D16A

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

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