#E4D85A#E4D85A

#E4D85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.146 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D85A
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -11.02, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 62.87, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.035 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.3983, 66.3460, 19.4008)
Luminance	0.6634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D85A #5A66E4

analogous

#E4935A #E4D85A #ABE45A

triadic

#E4D85A #5AE4D8 #D85AE4

tetradic

#E4D85A #5AE493 #5A66E4 #E45AAB

square

#E4D85A #5AE493 #5A66E4 #E45AAB

split-complementary

#E4D85A #5AABE4 #935AE4

monochromatic

#A89C1C #DBCC25 #E4D85A #EDE48F #F5F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E4D85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D85A

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D85A	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)

#EAD14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe38e',
    500: '#e4d85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d85a;
$custom-light: #efe38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86838,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D85A

secondary

#3842AA

accent

#22D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D85A

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

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