#E4D255#E4D255

#E4D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.145 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D255
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -8.32, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 62.84, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0279 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.145 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.6835, 63.2454, 17.8144)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D255 #5567E4

analogous

#E48B55 #E4D255 #AEE455

triadic

#E4D255 #55E4D2 #D255E4

tetradic

#E4D255 #55E48B #5567E4 #E455AE

square

#E4D255 #55E48B #5567E4 #E455AE

split-complementary

#E4D255 #55AEE4 #8B55E4

monochromatic

#A4931A #D9C223 #E4D255 #ECE08A #F5EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#E4D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D255

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D255	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.145 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df8a',
    500: '#e4d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d255;
$custom-light: #f0df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85553,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D255

secondary

#3645A7

accent

#29D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D255

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

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