#E4D461#E4D461

#E4D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D461
RGB	rgb(228, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -8.52, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 58.37, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0271 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6981, 64.4462, 20.7071)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D461 #6171E4

analogous

#E49261 #E4D461 #B2E461

triadic

#E4D461 #61E4D4 #D461E4

tetradic

#E4D461 #61E492 #6171E4 #E461B2

square

#E4D461 #61E492 #6171E4 #E461B2

split-complementary

#E4D461 #61B2E4 #9261E4

monochromatic

#AD9C1E #DBC62D #E4D461 #EDE295 #F6F0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E4D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E4D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D461

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D461	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)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe092',
    500: '#e4d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d461;
$custom-light: #efe092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86085,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D461

secondary

#3B49AE

accent

#2AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D461

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

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