#E4D55E#E4D55E

#E4D55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D55E
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -9.24, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 60.05, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0295 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8116, 64.8928, 20.0678)
Luminance	0.6489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D55E #5E6DE4

analogous

#E4925E #E4D55E #B0E45E

triadic

#E4D55E #5EE4D5 #D55EE4

tetradic

#E4D55E #5EE492 #5E6DE4 #E45EB0

square

#E4D55E #5EE492 #5E6DE4 #E45EB0

split-complementary

#E4D55E #5EB0E4 #925EE4

monochromatic

#AB9B1D #DBC72A #E4D55E #EDE392 #F6F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4D55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#E4D55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D55E

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D55E	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe190',
    500: '#e4d55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d55e;
$custom-light: #efe190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86259,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D55E

secondary

#3A47AD

accent

#28D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D55E

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

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