#E4D95E#E4D95E

#E4D95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.144 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D95E
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -11.25, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 61.53, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0352 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.144 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8302, 66.9299, 20.4073)
Luminance	0.6693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D95E #5E69E4

analogous

#E4965E #E4D95E #ACE45E

triadic

#E4D95E #5EE4D9 #D95EE4

tetradic

#E4D95E #5EE496 #5E69E4 #E45EAC

square

#E4D95E #5EE496 #5E69E4 #E45EAC

split-complementary

#E4D95E #5EACE4 #965EE4

monochromatic

#AB9F1D #DBCD2A #E4D95E #EDE592 #F6F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E4D95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D95E

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D95E	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.144 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe490',
    500: '#e4d95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d95e;
$custom-light: #efe490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87085,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D95E

secondary

#3A43AD

accent

#22D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D95E

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

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