#E4D749#E4D749

#E4D749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.158 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D749
RGB	rgb(228, 215, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -11.52, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 69.34, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0383 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.158 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5003, 65.5781, 15.9311)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D749 #4956E4

analogous

#E48A49 #E4D749 #A4E449

triadic

#E4D749 #49E4D7 #D749E4

tetradic

#E4D749 #49E48A #4956E4 #E449A4

square

#E4D749 #49E48A #4956E4 #E449A4

split-complementary

#E4D749 #49A4E4 #8A49E4

monochromatic

#9C9017 #D1C21F #E4D749 #ECE37E #F4EEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E4D749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D749

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D749	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 215, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.158 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e384',
    500: '#e4d749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d749;
$custom-light: #f0e384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.968,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86485,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D749

secondary

#323B9F

accent

#47F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D749

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

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