#E4DB55#E4DB55

#E4DB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.153 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DB55
RGB	rgb(228, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -12.84, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 66.05, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0407 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.153 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.9682, 67.8149, 18.5760)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DB55 #555EE4

analogous

#E49455 #E4DB55 #A6E455

triadic

#E4DB55 #55E4DB #DB55E4

tetradic

#E4DB55 #55E494 #555EE4 #E455A6

square

#E4DB55 #55E494 #555EE4 #E455A6

split-complementary

#E4DB55 #55A6E4 #9455E4

monochromatic

#A49C1A #D9CE23 #E4DB55 #ECE68A #F5F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4DB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#E4DB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DB55

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DB55	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4db55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.153 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e58b',
    500: '#e4db55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4db55;
$custom-light: #f0e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4db55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87415,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DB55

secondary

#363DA7

accent

#1DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DB55

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

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