#E4D855#E4D855

#E4D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.150 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D855
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -11.34, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 64.95, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0365 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.15 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1926, 66.2637, 18.3174)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D855 #5561E4

analogous

#E49155 #E4D855 #A9E455

triadic

#E4D855 #55E4D8 #D855E4

tetradic

#E4D855 #55E491 #5561E4 #E455A9

square

#E4D855 #55E491 #5561E4 #E455A9

split-complementary

#E4D855 #55A9E4 #9155E4

monochromatic

#A4991A #D9CA23 #E4D855 #ECE48A #F5F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#E4D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D855

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D855	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.150 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38b',
    500: '#e4d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d855;
$custom-light: #f0e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86792,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D855

secondary

#3640A7

accent

#21D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D855

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

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