#E4DB4F#E4DB4F

#E4DB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.157 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DB4F
RGB	rgb(228, 219, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -13.19, 67.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 68.44, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0424 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.157 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7399, 67.7236, 17.3734)
Luminance	0.6772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DB4F #4F58E4

analogous

#E4914F #E4DB4F #A2E44F

triadic

#E4DB4F #4FE4DB #DB4FE4

tetradic

#E4DB4F #4FE491 #4F58E4 #E44FA2

square

#E4DB4F #4FE491 #4F58E4 #E44FA2

split-complementary

#E4DB4F #4FA2E4 #914FE4

monochromatic

#A09819 #D5CA21 #E4DB4F #ECE684 #F4F1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4DB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E4DB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DB4F

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DB4F	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)

#EDD33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4db4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 219, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.157 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e587',
    500: '#e4db4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4db4f;
$custom-light: #f0e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4db4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.376,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87364,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DB4F

secondary

#343BA3

accent

#1CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DB4F

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

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