#E4D759#E4D759

#E4D759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.146 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D759
RGB	rgb(228, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -10.59, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 62.92, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0339 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.146 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1006, 65.8183, 19.0930)
Luminance	0.6582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D759 #5966E4

analogous

#E49159 #E4D759 #ACE459

triadic

#E4D759 #59E4D7 #D759E4

tetradic

#E4D759 #59E491 #5966E4 #E459AC

square

#E4D759 #59E491 #5966E4 #E459AC

split-complementary

#E4D759 #59ACE4 #9159E4

monochromatic

#A79A1B #DBCA24 #E4D759 #EDE48E #F5F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E4D759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E4D759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D759

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D759	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.146 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38d',
    500: '#e4d759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d759;
$custom-light: #f0e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86622,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D759

secondary

#3842A9

accent

#24D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D759

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

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