#E4D958#E4D958

#E4D958 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.148 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D958
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -11.65, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 64.08, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.037 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.148 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.5713, 66.8264, 19.0441)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D958 #5863E4

analogous

#E49358 #E4D958 #A9E458

triadic

#E4D958 #58E4D9 #D958E4

tetradic

#E4D958 #58E493 #5863E4 #E458A9

square

#E4D958 #58E493 #5863E4 #E458A9

split-complementary

#E4D958 #58A9E4 #9358E4

monochromatic

#A79C1B #DBCD23 #E4D958 #EDE58D #F5F1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#E4D958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D958

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D958	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)

#EBD249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.148 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48c',
    500: '#e4d958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d958;
$custom-light: #f0e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87027,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D958

secondary

#3740A9

accent

#21D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D958

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

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