#E4D95F#E4D95F

#E4D95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.143 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D95F
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -11.18, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 61.09, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0349 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.143 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8753, 66.9480, 20.6452)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D95F #5F6AE4

analogous

#E4965F #E4D95F #ACE45F

triadic

#E4D95F #5FE4D9 #D95FE4

tetradic

#E4D95F #5FE496 #5F6AE4 #E45FAC

square

#E4D95F #5FE496 #5F6AE4 #E45FAC

split-complementary

#E4D95F #5FACE4 #965FE4

monochromatic

#ACA01D #DBCD2B #E4D95F #EDE593 #F6F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E4D95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D95F

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D95F	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)

#EAD252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.143 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe491',
    500: '#e4d95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d95f;
$custom-light: #efe491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87095,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D95F

secondary

#3A44AD

accent

#22D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D95F

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

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