#E4D95B#E4D95B

#E4D95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D95B
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -11.46, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 62.81, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0361 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.6982, 66.8771, 19.7121)
Luminance	0.6687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D95B #5B66E4

analogous

#E4945B #E4D95B #ABE45B

triadic

#E4D95B #5BE4D9 #D95BE4

tetradic

#E4D95B #5BE494 #5B66E4 #E45BAB

square

#E4D95B #5BE494 #5B66E4 #E45BAB

split-complementary

#E4D95B #5BABE4 #945BE4

monochromatic

#A99D1C #DBCD26 #E4D95B #EDE590 #F5F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#E4D95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D95B

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D95B	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe48e',
    500: '#e4d95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d95b;
$custom-light: #efe48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87055,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D95B

secondary

#3942AB

accent

#21D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D95B

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

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