#E4D954#E4D954

#E4D954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.152 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D954
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -11.90, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 65.72, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0382 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.152 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.4102, 66.7619, 18.1953)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D954 #545FE4

analogous

#E49154 #E4D954 #A7E454

triadic

#E4D954 #54E4D9 #D954E4

tetradic

#E4D954 #54E491 #545FE4 #E454A7

square

#E4D954 #54E491 #545FE4 #E454A7

split-complementary

#E4D954 #54A7E4 #9154E4

monochromatic

#A4991A #D9CB22 #E4D954 #ECE589 #F5F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#E4D954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D954

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D954	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.152 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48a',
    500: '#e4d954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d954;
$custom-light: #f0e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.417,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8699,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D954

secondary

#363FA6

accent

#20D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D954

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

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