#E4D661#E4D661

#E4D661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D661
RGB	rgb(228, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -9.53, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 59.10, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.03 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2012, 65.4523, 20.8747)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D661 #616FE4

analogous

#E49461 #E4D661 #B0E461

triadic

#E4D661 #61E4D6 #D661E4

tetradic

#E4D661 #61E494 #616FE4 #E461B0

square

#E4D661 #61E494 #616FE4 #E461B0

split-complementary

#E4D661 #61B0E4 #9461E4

monochromatic

#AD9E1E #DBC82D #E4D661 #EDE495 #F6F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#E4D661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D661

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D661	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)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe292',
    500: '#e4d661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d661;
$custom-light: #efe292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86496,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D661

secondary

#3B47AE

accent

#27D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D661

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

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