#E4D866#E4D866

#E4D866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.136 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D866
RGB	rgb(228, 216, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -10.17, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 57.62, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0313 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.136 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.9510, 66.5671, 22.3112)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D866 #6672E4

analogous

#E49966 #E4D866 #B1E466

triadic

#E4D866 #66E4D8 #D866E4

tetradic

#E4D866 #66E499 #6672E4 #E466B1

square

#E4D866 #66E499 #6672E4 #E466B1

split-complementary

#E4D866 #66B1E4 #9966E4

monochromatic

#B0A31F #DBCB32 #E4D866 #EDE59A #F6F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E4D866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#E4D866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D866

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D866	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 216, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.136 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe395',
    500: '#e4d866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d866;
$custom-light: #efe395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86964,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D866

secondary

#3D48B1

accent

#26D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D866

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

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