#E4D55B#E4D55B

#E4D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D55B
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -9.45, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 61.35, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0304 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.6796, 64.8400, 19.3726)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D55B #5B6AE4

analogous

#E4915B #E4D55B #AEE45B

triadic

#E4D55B #5BE4D5 #D55BE4

tetradic

#E4D55B #5BE491 #5B6AE4 #E45BAE

square

#E4D55B #5BE491 #5B6AE4 #E45BAE

split-complementary

#E4D55B #5BAEE4 #915BE4

monochromatic

#A9991C #DBC826 #E4D55B #EDE290 #F5F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4D55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E4D55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D55B

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D55B	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe18e',
    500: '#e4d55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d55b;
$custom-light: #efe18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86228,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D55B

secondary

#3945AB

accent

#27D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D55B

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

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