#E4D74B#E4D74B

#E4D74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.156 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D74B
RGB	rgb(228, 215, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 67.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -11.42, 67.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 68.58, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0377 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.156 104)
XYZ	xyz(57.5677, 65.6051, 16.2859)
Luminance	0.6560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D74B #4B58E4

analogous

#E48B4B #E4D74B #A5E44B

triadic

#E4D74B #4BE4D7 #D74BE4

tetradic

#E4D74B #4BE48B #4B58E4 #E44BA5

square

#E4D74B #4BE48B #4B58E4 #E44BA5

split-complementary

#E4D74B #4BA5E4 #8B4BE4

monochromatic

#9D9218 #D2C320 #E4D74B #ECE380 #F4EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E4D74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D74B

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D74B	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)

#EAD037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 215, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.156 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e385',
    500: '#e4d74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d74b;
$custom-light: #f0e385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.865,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.65603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D74B

secondary

#333CA0

accent

#47F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D74B

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

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