#E4D359#E4D359

#E4D359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D359
RGB	rgb(228, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -8.57, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 61.50, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0281 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0945, 63.8061, 18.7576)
Luminance	0.6380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D359 #596AE4

analogous

#E48E59 #E4D359 #B0E459

triadic

#E4D359 #59E4D3 #D359E4

tetradic

#E4D359 #59E48E #596AE4 #E459B0

square

#E4D359 #59E48E #596AE4 #E459B0

split-complementary

#E4D359 #59B0E4 #8E59E4

monochromatic

#A7961B #DBC524 #E4D359 #EDE18E #F5EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#E4D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D359

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D359	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08d',
    500: '#e4d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d359;
$custom-light: #f0e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85797,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D359

secondary

#3846A9

accent

#29D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D359

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

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