#E4D85B#E4D85B

#E4D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.145 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D85B
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -10.96, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 62.44, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0347 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.145 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.4412, 66.3632, 19.6265)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D85B #5B67E4

analogous

#E4945B #E4D85B #ABE45B

triadic

#E4D85B #5BE4D8 #D85BE4

tetradic

#E4D85B #5BE494 #5B67E4 #E45BAB

square

#E4D85B #5BE494 #5B67E4 #E45BAB

split-complementary

#E4D85B #5BABE4 #945BE4

monochromatic

#A99C1C #DBCC26 #E4D85B #EDE490 #F5F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E4D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D85B

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D85B	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)

#EAD14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.145 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe38e',
    500: '#e4d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d85b;
$custom-light: #efe38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86848,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D85B

secondary

#3943AB

accent

#23D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D85B

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

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