#E4D962#E4D962

#E4D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.140 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D962
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -10.97, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 59.78, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.034 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.14 104)
XYZ	xyz(59.0143, 67.0036, 21.3773)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D962 #626DE4

analogous

#E49862 #E4D962 #AEE462

triadic

#E4D962 #62E4D9 #D962E4

tetradic

#E4D962 #62E498 #626DE4 #E462AE

square

#E4D962 #62E498 #626DE4 #E462AE

split-complementary

#E4D962 #62AEE4 #9862E4

monochromatic

#AEA21E #DBCC2E #E4D962 #EDE696 #F6F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#E4D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D962

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D962	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.140 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe493',
    500: '#e4d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d962;
$custom-light: #efe493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87127,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.67002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D962

secondary

#3B45AF

accent

#23D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D962

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

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