#E4DB56#E4DB56

#E4DB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.152 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DB56
RGB	rgb(228, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -12.78, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 65.64, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0404 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.152 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.0082, 67.8309, 18.7867)
Luminance	0.6783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DB56 #565FE4

analogous

#E49456 #E4DB56 #A6E456

triadic

#E4DB56 #56E4DB #DB56E4

tetradic

#E4DB56 #56E494 #565FE4 #E456A6

square

#E4DB56 #56E494 #565FE4 #E456A6

split-complementary

#E4DB56 #56A6E4 #9456E4

monochromatic

#A59C1A #DACE23 #E4DB56 #ECE68B #F5F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4DB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E4DB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DB56

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DB56	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4db56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.152 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e58b',
    500: '#e4db56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4db56;
$custom-light: #f0e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4db56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87424,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DB56

secondary

#373EA7

accent

#1DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DB56

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

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