#E4D561#E4D561

#E4D561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D561
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -9.03, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 58.73, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0285 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(57.9489, 64.9477, 20.7906)
Luminance	0.6495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D561 #6170E4

analogous

#E49361 #E4D561 #B1E461

triadic

#E4D561 #61E4D5 #D561E4

tetradic

#E4D561 #61E493 #6170E4 #E461B1

square

#E4D561 #61E493 #6170E4 #E461B1

split-complementary

#E4D561 #61B1E4 #9361E4

monochromatic

#AD9D1E #DBC72D #E4D561 #EDE395 #F6F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#E4D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D561

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D561	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe192',
    500: '#e4d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d561;
$custom-light: #efe192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8629,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.64946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D561

secondary

#3B48AE

accent

#29D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D561

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

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