#E4D950#E4D950

#E4D950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.155 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D950
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -12.14, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 67.33, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0393 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.155 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2579, 66.7010, 17.3937)
Luminance	0.6670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D950 #505BE4

analogous

#E48F50 #E4D950 #A5E450

triadic

#E4D950 #50E4D9 #D950E4

tetradic

#E4D950 #50E48F #505BE4 #E450A5

square

#E4D950 #50E48F #505BE4 #E450A5

split-complementary

#E4D950 #50A5E4 #8F50E4

monochromatic

#A19719 #D6C821 #E4D950 #ECE585 #F4F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#E4D950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D950

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D950	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.155 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e488',
    500: '#e4d950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d950;
$custom-light: #f0e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86956,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D950

secondary

#353DA4

accent

#1FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D950

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

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