#E4D856#E4D856

#E4D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.149 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D856
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -11.28, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 64.54, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0362 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.149 104)
XYZ	xyz(58.2326, 66.2797, 18.5281)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D856 #5662E4

analogous

#E49156 #E4D856 #A9E456

triadic

#E4D856 #56E4D8 #D856E4

tetradic

#E4D856 #56E491 #5662E4 #E456A9

square

#E4D856 #56E491 #5662E4 #E456A9

split-complementary

#E4D856 #56A9E4 #9156E4

monochromatic

#A5991A #DACB23 #E4D856 #ECE48B #F5F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E4D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D856

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D856	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.149 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38b',
    500: '#e4d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d856;
$custom-light: #f0e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86801,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.66278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D856

secondary

#3740A7

accent

#22D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D856

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

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