#E4D257#E4D257

#E4D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D257
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -8.20, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 62.00, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0273 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(56.7640, 63.2776, 18.2388)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D257 #5769E4

analogous

#E48B57 #E4D257 #B0E457

triadic

#E4D257 #57E4D2 #D257E4

tetradic

#E4D257 #57E48B #5769E4 #E457B0

square

#E4D257 #57E48B #5769E4 #E457B0

split-complementary

#E4D257 #57B0E4 #8B57E4

monochromatic

#A6941B #DBC323 #E4D257 #ECE08C #F5EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E4D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D257

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D257	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df8b',
    500: '#e4d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d257;
$custom-light: #f0df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85572,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.63275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D257

secondary

#3746A8

accent

#2AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D257

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

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