#E4D451#E4D451

#E4D451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D451
RGB	rgb(228, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -9.57, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 65.18, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0319 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0259, 64.1773, 17.1666)
Luminance	0.6418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D451 #5161E4

analogous

#E48A51 #E4D451 #ABE451

triadic

#E4D451 #51E4D4 #D451E4

tetradic

#E4D451 #51E48A #5161E4 #E451AB

square

#E4D451 #51E48A #5161E4 #E451AB

split-complementary

#E4D451 #51ABE4 #8A51E4

monochromatic

#A29319 #D7C321 #E4D451 #ECE186 #F4EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E4D451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#E4D451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D451

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D451	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e088',
    500: '#e4d451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d451;
$custom-light: #f0e088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.469,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85929,
    "c": 0.14932,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D451

secondary

#3541A4

accent

#26D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D451

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

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