#E4D966#E4D966

#E4D966 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.137 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D966
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -10.67, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 58.01, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0327 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.137 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.2079, 67.0810, 22.3969)
Luminance	0.6708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D966 #6671E4

analogous

#E49A66 #E4D966 #B0E466

triadic

#E4D966 #66E4D9 #D966E4

tetradic

#E4D966 #66E49A #6671E4 #E466B0

square

#E4D966 #66E49A #6671E4 #E466B0

split-complementary

#E4D966 #66B0E4 #9A66E4

monochromatic

#B0A41F #DBCC32 #E4D966 #EDE69A #F6F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#E4D966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D966

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D966	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED86C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.137 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe495',
    500: '#e4d966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d966;
$custom-light: #efe495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8717,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D966

secondary

#3D47B1

accent

#24D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D966

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

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