#E4D85F#E4D85F

#E4D85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.142 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D85F
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -10.68, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 60.72, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0335 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.142 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.6184, 66.4340, 20.5595)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D85F #5F6BE4

analogous

#E4955F #E4D85F #AEE45F

triadic

#E4D85F #5FE4D8 #D85FE4

tetradic

#E4D85F #5FE495 #5F6BE4 #E45FAE

square

#E4D85F #5FE495 #5F6BE4 #E45FAE

split-complementary

#E4D85F #5FAEE4 #955FE4

monochromatic

#AC9F1D #DBCB2B #E4D85F #EDE593 #F6F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#E4D85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D85F

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D85F	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.142 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe391',
    500: '#e4d85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d85f;
$custom-light: #efe391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86888,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D85F

secondary

#3A44AD

accent

#24D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D85F

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

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