#E4D259#E4D259

#E4D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D259
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -8.07, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 61.15, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0267 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8469, 63.3108, 18.6751)
Luminance	0.6331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D259 #596BE4

analogous

#E48C59 #E4D259 #B1E459

triadic

#E4D259 #59E4D2 #D259E4

tetradic

#E4D259 #59E48C #596BE4 #E459B1

square

#E4D259 #59E48C #596BE4 #E459B1

split-complementary

#E4D259 #59B1E4 #8C59E4

monochromatic

#A7951B #DBC424 #E4D259 #EDE08E #F5EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E4D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E4D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D259

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D259	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)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0df8d',
    500: '#e4d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d259;
$custom-light: #f0df8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85591,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D259

secondary

#3847A9

accent

#2BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D259

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

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