#E4D657#E4D657

#E4D657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.147 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D657
RGB	rgb(228, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -10.21, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 63.41, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.033 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.147 103)
XYZ	xyz(57.7639, 65.2774, 18.5721)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D657 #5765E4

analogous

#E49057 #E4D657 #ABE457

triadic

#E4D657 #57E4D6 #D657E4

tetradic

#E4D657 #57E490 #5765E4 #E457AB

square

#E4D657 #57E490 #5765E4 #E457AB

split-complementary

#E4D657 #57ABE4 #9057E4

monochromatic

#A6981B #DBC823 #E4D657 #ECE38C #F5F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#E4D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D657

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D657	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.147 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e28c',
    500: '#e4d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d657;
$custom-light: #f0e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86396,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.65275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D657

secondary

#3742A8

accent

#25D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D657

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

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