#E4D960#E4D960

#E4D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.142 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D960
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -11.11, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 60.66, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0346 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.142 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9211, 66.9663, 20.8861)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D960 #606BE4

analogous

#E49760 #E4D960 #ADE460

triadic

#E4D960 #60E4D9 #D960E4

tetradic

#E4D960 #60E497 #606BE4 #E460AD

square

#E4D960 #60E497 #606BE4 #E460AD

split-complementary

#E4D960 #60ADE4 #9760E4

monochromatic

#ACA01D #DBCC2C #E4D960 #EDE694 #F6F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E4D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D960

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D960	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)

#EAD253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.142 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe491',
    500: '#e4d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d960;
$custom-light: #efe491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87106,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D960

secondary

#3A44AE

accent

#23D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D960

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

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