#E4D862#E4D862

#E4D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.139 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D862
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -10.47, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 59.40, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0325 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.139 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.7574, 66.4896, 21.2916)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D862 #626EE4

analogous

#E49762 #E4D862 #AFE462

triadic

#E4D862 #62E4D8 #D862E4

tetradic

#E4D862 #62E497 #626EE4 #E462AF

square

#E4D862 #62E497 #626EE4 #E462AF

split-complementary

#E4D862 #62AFE4 #9762E4

monochromatic

#AEA01E #DBCB2E #E4D862 #EDE596 #F6F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E4D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D862

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D862	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.139 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe392',
    500: '#e4d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d862;
$custom-light: #efe392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8692,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D862

secondary

#3B46AF

accent

#25D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D862

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

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