#E4D955#E4D955

#E4D955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.151 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D955
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -11.84, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 65.32, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0379 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.151 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.4496, 66.7777, 18.4031)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D955 #5560E4

analogous

#E49255 #E4D955 #A8E455

triadic

#E4D955 #55E4D9 #D955E4

tetradic

#E4D955 #55E492 #5560E4 #E455A8

square

#E4D955 #55E492 #5560E4 #E455A8

split-complementary

#E4D955 #55A8E4 #9255E4

monochromatic

#A49A1A #D9CB23 #E4D955 #ECE58A #F5F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#E4D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D955

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D955	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.151 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48b',
    500: '#e4d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d955;
$custom-light: #f0e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86999,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D955

secondary

#363FA7

accent

#20D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D955

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

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