#E4D951#E4D951

#E4D951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D951
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -12.08, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 66.93, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.039 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2952, 66.7159, 17.5897)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D951 #515CE4

analogous

#E48F51 #E4D951 #A5E451

triadic

#E4D951 #51E4D9 #D951E4

tetradic

#E4D951 #51E48F #515CE4 #E451A5

square

#E4D951 #51E48F #515CE4 #E451A5

split-complementary

#E4D951 #51A5E4 #8F51E4

monochromatic

#A29719 #D7C921 #E4D951 #ECE586 #F4F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#E4D951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D951

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D951	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)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e488',
    500: '#e4d951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d951;
$custom-light: #f0e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86964,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D951

secondary

#353DA4

accent

#1FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D951

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

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