#E4D565#E4D565

#E4D565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D565
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -8.73, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 56.94, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0273 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1401, 65.0242, 21.7978)
Luminance	0.6502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D565 #6574E4

analogous

#E49565 #E4D565 #B4E465

triadic

#E4D565 #65E4D5 #D565E4

tetradic

#E4D565 #65E495 #6574E4 #E465B4

square

#E4D565 #65E495 #6574E4 #E465B4

split-complementary

#E4D565 #65B4E4 #9565E4

monochromatic

#B09F1F #DBC731 #E4D565 #EDE399 #F6F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E4D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D565

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D565	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe194',
    500: '#e4d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d565;
$custom-light: #efe194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86334,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D565

secondary

#3C4AB1

accent

#2AD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D565

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

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