#E4D559#E4D559

#E4D559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.144 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D559
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -9.58, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 62.20, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.031 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.144 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5945, 64.8060, 18.9243)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D559 #5968E4

analogous

#E48F59 #E4D559 #AEE459

triadic

#E4D559 #59E4D5 #D559E4

tetradic

#E4D559 #59E48F #5968E4 #E459AE

square

#E4D559 #59E48F #5968E4 #E459AE

split-complementary

#E4D559 #59AEE4 #8F59E4

monochromatic

#A7981B #DBC824 #E4D559 #EDE28E #F5F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4D559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#E4D559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D559

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D559	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.144 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e18d',
    500: '#e4d559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d559;
$custom-light: #f0e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86209,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D559

secondary

#3844A9

accent

#26D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D559

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

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