#E4D85D#E4D85D

#E4D85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.144 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D85D
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -10.82, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 61.59, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0341 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.144 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.5286, 66.3981, 20.0869)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D85D #5D69E4

analogous

#E4955D #E4D85D #ACE45D

triadic

#E4D85D #5DE4D8 #D85DE4

tetradic

#E4D85D #5DE495 #5D69E4 #E45DAC

square

#E4D85D #5DE495 #5D69E4 #E45DAC

split-complementary

#E4D85D #5DACE4 #955DE4

monochromatic

#AA9E1C #DBCB29 #E4D85D #EDE591 #F5F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E4D85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D85D

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D85D	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.144 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe38f',
    500: '#e4d85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d85d;
$custom-light: #efe38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86868,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D85D

secondary

#3943AC

accent

#23D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D85D

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

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