#E4D55D#E4D55D

#E4D55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.141 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D55D
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -9.31, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 60.49, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0298 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.141 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.7670, 64.8750, 19.8330)
Luminance	0.6487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D55D #5D6CE4

analogous

#E4915D #E4D55D #B0E45D

triadic

#E4D55D #5DE4D5 #D55DE4

tetradic

#E4D55D #5DE491 #5D6CE4 #E45DB0

square

#E4D55D #5DE491 #5D6CE4 #E45DB0

split-complementary

#E4D55D #5DB0E4 #915DE4

monochromatic

#AA9A1C #DBC729 #E4D55D #EDE391 #F5F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4D55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E4D55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D55D

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D55D	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)

#E7CF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.141 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe18f',
    500: '#e4d55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d55d;
$custom-light: #efe18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86248,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D55D

secondary

#3946AC

accent

#28D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D55D

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

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