#E4D85E#E4D85E

#E4D85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.143 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D85E
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -10.75, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 61.15, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0338 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.143 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.5732, 66.4160, 20.3217)
Luminance	0.6641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D85E #5E6AE4

analogous

#E4955E #E4D85E #ADE45E

triadic

#E4D85E #5EE4D8 #D85EE4

tetradic

#E4D85E #5EE495 #5E6AE4 #E45EAD

square

#E4D85E #5EE495 #5E6AE4 #E45EAD

split-complementary

#E4D85E #5EADE4 #955EE4

monochromatic

#AB9E1D #DBCB2A #E4D85E #EDE592 #F6F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E4D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D85E

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D85E	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)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.143 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe390',
    500: '#e4d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d85e;
$custom-light: #efe390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86878,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D85E

secondary

#3A44AD

accent

#23D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D85E

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

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