#E4D555#E4D555

#E4D555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.147 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D555
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -9.84, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 63.88, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.0322 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.147 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4311, 64.7406, 18.0636)
Luminance	0.6474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D555 #5564E4

analogous

#E48E55 #E4D555 #ACE455

triadic

#E4D555 #55E4D5 #D555E4

tetradic

#E4D555 #55E48E #5564E4 #E455AC

square

#E4D555 #55E48E #5564E4 #E455AC

split-complementary

#E4D555 #55ACE4 #8E55E4

monochromatic

#A4961A #D9C623 #E4D555 #ECE28A #F5EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E4D555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#E4D555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D555

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D555	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.147 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18a',
    500: '#e4d555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d555;
$custom-light: #f0e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86171,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D555

secondary

#3642A7

accent

#25D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D555

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

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