#E4D459#E4D459

#E4D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D459
RGB	rgb(228, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -9.08, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 61.85, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0296 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3437, 64.3045, 18.8407)
Luminance	0.6430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D459 #5969E4

analogous

#E48F59 #E4D459 #AEE459

triadic

#E4D459 #59E4D4 #D459E4

tetradic

#E4D459 #59E48F #5969E4 #E459AE

square

#E4D459 #59E48F #5969E4 #E459AE

split-complementary

#E4D459 #59AEE4 #8F59E4

monochromatic

#A7971B #DBC624 #E4D459 #EDE28E #F5EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E4D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#E4D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D459

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D459	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e08d',
    500: '#e4d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d459;
$custom-light: #f0e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86003,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D459

secondary

#3845A9

accent

#28D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D459

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

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