#E4D455#E4D455

#E4D455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D455
RGB	rgb(228, 212, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -9.33, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 63.53, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0307 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1803, 64.2391, 17.9800)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D455 #5565E4

analogous

#E48D55 #E4D455 #ADE455

triadic

#E4D455 #55E4D4 #D455E4

tetradic

#E4D455 #55E48D #5565E4 #E455AD

square

#E4D455 #55E48D #5565E4 #E455AD

split-complementary

#E4D455 #55ADE4 #8D55E4

monochromatic

#A4951A #D9C523 #E4D455 #ECE18A #F5EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E4D455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#E4D455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D455

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D455	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 212, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08a',
    500: '#e4d455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d455;
$custom-light: #f0e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85965,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D455

secondary

#3643A7

accent

#27D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D455

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

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