#E4D355#E4D355

#E4D355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D355
RGB	rgb(228, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -8.83, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 63.19, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0293 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9311, 63.7407, 17.8969)
Luminance	0.6374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D355 #5566E4

analogous

#E48C55 #E4D355 #AEE455

triadic

#E4D355 #55E4D3 #D355E4

tetradic

#E4D355 #55E48C #5566E4 #E455AE

square

#E4D355 #55E48C #5566E4 #E455AE

split-complementary

#E4D355 #55AEE4 #8C55E4

monochromatic

#A4941A #D9C423 #E4D355 #ECE18A #F5EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E4D355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D355

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D355	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08a',
    500: '#e4d355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d355;
$custom-light: #f0e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85759,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D355

secondary

#3644A7

accent

#28D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D355

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

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