#E4D357#E4D357

#E4D357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D357
RGB	rgb(228, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -8.70, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 62.35, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0287 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0117, 63.7729, 18.3213)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D357 #5768E4

analogous

#E48D57 #E4D357 #AFE457

triadic

#E4D357 #57E4D3 #D357E4

tetradic

#E4D357 #57E48D #5768E4 #E457AF

square

#E4D357 #57E48D #5768E4 #E457AF

split-complementary

#E4D357 #57AFE4 #8D57E4

monochromatic

#A6951B #DBC523 #E4D357 #ECE18C #F5EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E4D357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D357

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D357	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)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08b',
    500: '#e4d357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d357;
$custom-light: #f0e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85777,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D357

secondary

#3745A8

accent

#29D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D357

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

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