#E4D655#E4D655

#E4D655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D655
RGB	rgb(228, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -10.34, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 64.24, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0336 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.6834, 65.2452, 18.1477)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D655 #5563E4

analogous

#E48F55 #E4D655 #ABE455

triadic

#E4D655 #55E4D6 #D655E4

tetradic

#E4D655 #55E48F #5563E4 #E455AB

square

#E4D655 #55E48F #5563E4 #E455AB

split-complementary

#E4D655 #55ABE4 #8F55E4

monochromatic

#A4971A #D9C723 #E4D655 #ECE38A #F5EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E4D655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D655

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D655	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e28a',
    500: '#e4d655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d655;
$custom-light: #f0e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86378,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D655

secondary

#3641A7

accent

#24D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D655

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

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