#E4DB4E#E4DB4E

#E4DB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.158 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DB4E
RGB	rgb(228, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -13.25, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 68.83, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0426 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.158 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7038, 67.7092, 17.1832)
Luminance	0.6771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DB4E #4E57E4

analogous

#E4904E #E4DB4E #A2E44E

triadic

#E4DB4E #4EE4DB #DB4EE4

tetradic

#E4DB4E #4EE490 #4E57E4 #E44EA2

square

#E4DB4E #4EE490 #4E57E4 #E44EA2

split-complementary

#E4DB4E #4EA2E4 #904EE4

monochromatic

#9F9718 #D4CA20 #E4DB4E #ECE683 #F4F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4DB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E4DB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DB4E

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DB4E	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4db4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.158 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e587',
    500: '#e4db4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4db4e;
$custom-light: #f0e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4db4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87356,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DB4E

secondary

#343BA2

accent

#43F038

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DB4E

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

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