#E4D851#E4D851

#E4D851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.153 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D851
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -11.58, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 66.58, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0376 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.153 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0382, 66.2020, 17.5041)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D851 #515DE4

analogous

#E48E51 #E4D851 #A6E451

triadic

#E4D851 #51E4D8 #D851E4

tetradic

#E4D851 #51E48E #515DE4 #E451A6

square

#E4D851 #51E48E #515DE4 #E451A6

split-complementary

#E4D851 #51A6E4 #8E51E4

monochromatic

#A29619 #D7C821 #E4D851 #ECE486 #F4F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#E4D851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D851

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D851	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.153 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e388',
    500: '#e4d851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d851;
$custom-light: #f0e388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86757,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D851

secondary

#353EA4

accent

#20D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D851

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

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