#E4D84B#E4D84B

#E4D84B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.157 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D84B
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 67.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -11.92, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 68.92, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0392 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.157 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8231, 66.1159, 16.3711)
Luminance	0.6611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D84B #4B57E4

analogous

#E48C4B #E4D84B #A4E44B

triadic

#E4D84B #4BE4D8 #D84BE4

tetradic

#E4D84B #4BE48C #4B57E4 #E44BA4

square

#E4D84B #4BE48C #4B57E4 #E44BA4

split-complementary

#E4D84B #4BA4E4 #8C4BE4

monochromatic

#9D9318 #D2C420 #E4D84B #ECE480 #F4EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E4D84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#E4D84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D84B

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D84B	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.157 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e385',
    500: '#e4d84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d84b;
$custom-light: #f0e385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86708,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D84B

secondary

#333CA0

accent

#46F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D84B

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

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