#E4D262#E4D262

#E4D262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D262
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -7.44, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 57.20, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0239 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2482, 63.4713, 20.7885)
Luminance	0.6347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D262 #6274E4

analogous

#E49162 #E4D262 #B5E462

triadic

#E4D262 #62E4D2 #D262E4

tetradic

#E4D262 #62E491 #6274E4 #E462B5

square

#E4D262 #62E491 #6274E4 #E462B5

split-complementary

#E4D262 #62B5E4 #9162E4

monochromatic

#AE9A1E #DBC32E #E4D262 #EDE196 #F6F0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#E4D262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D262

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D262	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)

#E3CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdf92',
    500: '#e4d262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d262;
$custom-light: #efdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85685,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D262

secondary

#3B4BAF

accent

#2DD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D262

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

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