#E4D55C#E4D55C

#E4D55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; 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	#E4D55C
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -9.38, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 60.92, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0301 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7230, 64.8574, 19.6013)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D55C #5C6BE4

analogous

#E4915C #E4D55C #AFE45C

triadic

#E4D55C #5CE4D5 #D55CE4

tetradic

#E4D55C #5CE491 #5C6BE4 #E45CAF

square

#E4D55C #5CE491 #5C6BE4 #E45CAF

split-complementary

#E4D55C #5CAFE4 #915CE4

monochromatic

#AA9A1C #DBC727 #E4D55C #EDE391 #F5F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4D55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E4D55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D55C

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D55C	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)

#E7CF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe18f',
    500: '#e4d55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d55c;
$custom-light: #efe18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86238,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D55C

secondary

#3946AB

accent

#27D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D55C

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

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