#E4D35E#E4D35E

#E4D35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D35E
RGB	rgb(228, 211, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -8.23, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 59.33, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0266 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3117, 63.8929, 19.9012)
Luminance	0.6389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D35E #5E6FE4

analogous

#E4905E #E4D35E #B2E45E

triadic

#E4D35E #5EE4D3 #D35EE4

tetradic

#E4D35E #5EE490 #5E6FE4 #E45EB2

square

#E4D35E #5EE490 #5E6FE4 #E45EB2

split-complementary

#E4D35E #5EB2E4 #905EE4

monochromatic

#AB991D #DBC52A #E4D35E #EDE192 #F6F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E4D35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#E4D35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D35E

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D35E	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 211, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe090',
    500: '#e4d35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d35e;
$custom-light: #efe090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85847,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D35E

secondary

#3A48AD

accent

#2BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D35E

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

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