#E4D863#E4D863

#E4D863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D863
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -10.39, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 58.96, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0322 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.8049, 66.5086, 21.5418)
Luminance	0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D863 #636FE4

analogous

#E49863 #E4D863 #AFE463

triadic

#E4D863 #63E4D8 #D863E4

tetradic

#E4D863 #63E498 #636FE4 #E463AF

square

#E4D863 #63E498 #636FE4 #E463AF

split-complementary

#E4D863 #63AFE4 #9863E4

monochromatic

#AEA11E #DBCB2F #E4D863 #EDE597 #F6F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E4D863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D863

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D863	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)

#E9D257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe393',
    500: '#e4d863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d863;
$custom-light: #efe393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86931,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D863

secondary

#3C46B0

accent

#25D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D863

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

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