#E4D261#E4D261

#E4D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D261
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -7.51, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 57.65, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0242 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2013, 63.4525, 20.5414)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D261 #6173E4

analogous

#E49061 #E4D261 #B4E461

triadic

#E4D261 #61E4D2 #D261E4

tetradic

#E4D261 #61E490 #6173E4 #E461B4

square

#E4D261 #61E490 #6173E4 #E461B4

split-complementary

#E4D261 #61B4E4 #9061E4

monochromatic

#AD991E #DBC32D #E4D261 #EDE195 #F6F0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E4D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D261

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D261	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdf91',
    500: '#e4d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d261;
$custom-light: #efdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85674,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D261

secondary

#3B4BAE

accent

#2DD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D261

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

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