#E4D460#E4D460

#E4D460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D460
RGB	rgb(228, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -8.60, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 58.81, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0274 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6518, 64.4277, 20.4630)
Luminance	0.6442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D460 #6070E4

analogous

#E49260 #E4D460 #B2E460

triadic

#E4D460 #60E4D4 #D460E4

tetradic

#E4D460 #60E492 #6070E4 #E460B2

square

#E4D460 #60E492 #6070E4 #E460B2

split-complementary

#E4D460 #60B2E4 #9260E4

monochromatic

#AC9B1D #DBC62C #E4D460 #EDE294 #F6F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E4D460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E4D460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D460

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D460	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe091',
    500: '#e4d460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d460;
$custom-light: #efe091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86074,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D460

secondary

#3A48AE

accent

#2AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D460

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

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