#E4D956#E4D956

#E4D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D956
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -11.78, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 64.91, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0376 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4896, 66.7937, 18.6138)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D956 #5661E4

analogous

#E49256 #E4D956 #A8E456

triadic

#E4D956 #56E4D9 #D956E4

tetradic

#E4D956 #56E492 #5661E4 #E456A8

square

#E4D956 #56E492 #5661E4 #E456A8

split-complementary

#E4D956 #56A8E4 #9256E4

monochromatic

#A59A1A #DACC23 #E4D956 #ECE58B #F5F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#E4D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D956

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D956	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)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48b',
    500: '#e4d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d956;
$custom-light: #f0e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87008,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D956

secondary

#373FA7

accent

#20D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D956

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

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