#E4D969#E4D969

#E4D969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.134 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D969
RGB	rgb(228, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -10.44, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 56.65, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0317 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.134 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3594, 67.1416, 23.1947)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D969 #6974E4

analogous

#E49B69 #E4D969 #B2E469

triadic

#E4D969 #69E4D9 #D969E4

tetradic

#E4D969 #69E49B #6974E4 #E469B2

square

#E4D969 #69E49B #6974E4 #E469B2

split-complementary

#E4D969 #69B2E4 #9B69E4

monochromatic

#B2A520 #DBCC35 #E4D969 #EDE69D #F7F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E4D969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E4D969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D969

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D969	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.134 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe497',
    500: '#e4d969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d969;
$custom-light: #efe497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87204,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D969

secondary

#3E48B3

accent

#25D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D969

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

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