#E4D756#E4D756

#E4D756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.148 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D756
RGB	rgb(228, 215, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -10.78, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 64.18, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0348 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.148 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9772, 65.7689, 18.4430)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D756 #5663E4

analogous

#E49056 #E4D756 #AAE456

triadic

#E4D756 #56E4D7 #D756E4

tetradic

#E4D756 #56E490 #5663E4 #E456AA

square

#E4D756 #56E490 #5663E4 #E456AA

split-complementary

#E4D756 #56AAE4 #9056E4

monochromatic

#A5981A #DAC923 #E4D756 #ECE38B #F5F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E4D756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#E4D756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D756

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D756	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 215, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.148 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38b',
    500: '#e4d756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d756;
$custom-light: #f0e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86594,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D756

secondary

#3741A7

accent

#23D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D756

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

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