#E4D16E#E4D16E

#E4D16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.122 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D16E
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 51.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -5.99, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 51.33, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0184 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.122 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6117, 63.2229, 23.9174)
Luminance	0.6322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D16E #6E81E4

analogous

#E4966E #E4D16E #BCE46E

triadic

#E4D16E #6EE4D1 #D16EE4

tetradic

#E4D16E #6EE496 #6E81E4 #E46EBC

square

#E4D16E #6EE496 #6E81E4 #E46EBC

split-complementary

#E4D16E #6EBCE4 #966EE4

monochromatic

#B69E22 #DAC13A #E4D16E #EEE1A2 #F7F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E4D16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D16E

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D16E	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.122 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efde9a',
    500: '#e4d16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d16e;
$custom-light: #efde9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85623,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D16E

secondary

#4053B6

accent

#33D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D16E

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

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