#E4D579#E4D579

#E4D579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D579
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -7.05, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 47.61, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0203 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2419, 65.4650, 27.6008)
Luminance	0.6546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D579 #7988E4

analogous

#E49F79 #E4D579 #BDE479

triadic

#E4D579 #79E4D5 #D579E4

tetradic

#E4D579 #79E49F #7988E4 #E479BD

square

#E4D579 #79E49F #7988E4 #E479BD

split-complementary

#E4D579 #79BDE4 #9F79E4

monochromatic

#BDA726 #DAC546 #E4D579 #EEE5AC #F9F5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E4D579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D579

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D579	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1a1',
    500: '#e4d579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d579;
$custom-light: #eee1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86587,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D579

secondary

#4656BB

accent

#31CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D579

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

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