#E4D859#E4D859

#E4D859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.147 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D859
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -11.09, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 63.29, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0353 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.147 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.3561, 66.3291, 19.1781)
Luminance	0.6633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D859 #5965E4

analogous

#E49359 #E4D859 #ABE459

triadic

#E4D859 #59E4D8 #D859E4

tetradic

#E4D859 #59E493 #5965E4 #E459AB

square

#E4D859 #59E493 #5965E4 #E459AB

split-complementary

#E4D859 #59ABE4 #9359E4

monochromatic

#A79B1B #DBCC24 #E4D859 #EDE48E #F5F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E4D859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D859

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D859	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.147 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e38d',
    500: '#e4d859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d859;
$custom-light: #f0e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86829,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D859

secondary

#3842A9

accent

#22D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D859

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

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