#E4D959#E4D959

#E4D959 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 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D959
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -11.59, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 63.66, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0367 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.148 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.6130, 66.8430, 19.2638)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D959 #5964E4

analogous

#E49459 #E4D959 #A9E459

triadic

#E4D959 #59E4D9 #D959E4

tetradic

#E4D959 #59E494 #5964E4 #E459A9

square

#E4D959 #59E494 #5964E4 #E459A9

split-complementary

#E4D959 #59A9E4 #9459E4

monochromatic

#A79C1B #DBCD24 #E4D959 #EDE58E #F5F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#E4D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D959

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D959	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.148 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e48d',
    500: '#e4d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d959;
$custom-light: #f0e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87036,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D959

secondary

#3841A9

accent

#21D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D959

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

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