#E4D251#E4D251

#E4D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.148 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D251
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -8.56, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 64.49, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.029 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.148 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5290, 63.1836, 17.0010)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D251 #5163E4

analogous

#E48851 #E4D251 #ACE451

triadic

#E4D251 #51E4D2 #D251E4

tetradic

#E4D251 #51E488 #5163E4 #E451AC

square

#E4D251 #51E488 #5163E4 #E451AC

split-complementary

#E4D251 #51ACE4 #8851E4

monochromatic

#A29119 #D7C021 #E4D251 #ECE086 #F4EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E4D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D251

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D251	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)

#E4CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.148 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df88',
    500: '#e4d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d251;
$custom-light: #f0df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85517,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D251

secondary

#3543A4

accent

#28D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D251

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

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