#E4D265#E4D265

#E4D265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D265
RGB	rgb(228, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -7.21, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 55.85, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0229 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3925, 63.5290, 21.5486)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D265 #6577E4

analogous

#E49365 #E4D265 #B7E465

triadic

#E4D265 #65E4D2 #D265E4

tetradic

#E4D265 #65E493 #6577E4 #E465B7

square

#E4D265 #65E493 #6577E4 #E465B7

split-complementary

#E4D265 #65B7E4 #9365E4

monochromatic

#B09B1F #DBC331 #E4D265 #EDE199 #F6F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#E4D265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D265

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D265	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdf94',
    500: '#e4d265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d265;
$custom-light: #efdf94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85719,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D265

secondary

#3C4DB1

accent

#2ED213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D265

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

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