#E4D649#E4D649

#E4D649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.157 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D649
RGB	rgb(228, 214, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -11.02, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 69.00, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0368 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.157 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.2464, 65.0704, 15.8464)
Luminance	0.6507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D649 #4957E4

analogous

#E48949 #E4D649 #A5E449

triadic

#E4D649 #49E4D6 #D649E4

tetradic

#E4D649 #49E489 #4957E4 #E449A5

square

#E4D649 #49E489 #4957E4 #E449A5

split-complementary

#E4D649 #49A5E4 #8949E4

monochromatic

#9C9017 #D1C11F #E4D649 #ECE27E #F4EEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4D649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#E4D649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D649

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D649	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 214, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.157 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e283',
    500: '#e4d649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d649;
$custom-light: #f0e283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.581,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86277,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D649

secondary

#323C9F

accent

#48F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D649

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

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