#E4DB59#E4DB59

#E4DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.150 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DB59
RGB	rgb(228, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -12.59, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 64.40, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0396 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.15 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1317, 67.8803, 19.4367)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DB59 #5962E4

analogous

#E49659 #E4DB59 #A8E459

triadic

#E4DB59 #59E4DB #DB59E4

tetradic

#E4DB59 #59E496 #5962E4 #E459A8

square

#E4DB59 #59E496 #5962E4 #E459A8

split-complementary

#E4DB59 #59A8E4 #9659E4

monochromatic

#A79E1B #DBD024 #E4DB59 #EDE68E #F5F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#E4DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DB59

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DB59	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.150 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e58d',
    500: '#e4db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4db59;
$custom-light: #f0e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87451,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DB59

secondary

#383FA9

accent

#1ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DB59

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

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