#E4D556#E4D556

#E4D556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.146 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D556
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -9.77, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 63.47, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0319 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.146 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4711, 64.7566, 18.2743)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D556 #5665E4

analogous

#E48E56 #E4D556 #ACE456

triadic

#E4D556 #56E4D5 #D556E4

tetradic

#E4D556 #56E48E #5665E4 #E456AC

square

#E4D556 #56E48E #5665E4 #E456AC

split-complementary

#E4D556 #56ACE4 #8E56E4

monochromatic

#A5971A #DAC723 #E4D556 #ECE28B #F5EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E4D556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#E4D556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D556

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D556	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)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.146 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18b',
    500: '#e4d556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d556;
$custom-light: #f0e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8618,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D556

secondary

#3743A7

accent

#26D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D556

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

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