#E4D549#E4D549

#E4D549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.156 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D549
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -10.52, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 68.66, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0354 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.156 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9941, 64.5658, 15.7623)
Luminance	0.6456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D549 #4958E4

analogous

#E48849 #E4D549 #A5E449

triadic

#E4D549 #49E4D5 #D549E4

tetradic

#E4D549 #49E488 #4958E4 #E449A5

square

#E4D549 #49E488 #4958E4 #E449A5

split-complementary

#E4D549 #49A5E4 #8849E4

monochromatic

#9C8F17 #D1C01F #E4D549 #ECE17E #F4EEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E4D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#E4D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D549

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D549	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.156 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e183',
    500: '#e4d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d549;
$custom-light: #f0e183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8607,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D549

secondary

#323D9F

accent

#49F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D549

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

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