#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
RGBrgb(228, 214, 73)
HSLhsl(55, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(55, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(84.52, -11.02, 68.11)
CIE-LCHlch(84.52, 69.00, 99.19°)
OKLaboklab(86.28% -0.0368 0.1523)
OKLCHoklch(86.28% 0.157 103.6)
XYZxyz(57.2464, 65.0704, 15.8464)
Luminance0.6507 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E4D6491.001.5014.0114.01
#FFFFFF1.501.0021.0021.00
#00000014.0121.001.001.00
##00000014.0121.001.001.00

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

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#E4D649 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva