#E4DB5B#E4DB5B

#E4DB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.148 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DB5B
RGB	rgb(228, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -12.45, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 63.56, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.039 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.148 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2168, 67.9144, 19.8850)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DB5B #5B64E4

analogous

#E4965B #E4DB5B #A9E45B

triadic

#E4DB5B #5BE4DB #DB5BE4

tetradic

#E4DB5B #5BE496 #5B64E4 #E45BA9

square

#E4DB5B #5BE496 #5B64E4 #E45BA9

split-complementary

#E4DB5B #5BA9E4 #965BE4

monochromatic

#A9A01C #DBCF26 #E4DB5B #EDE790 #F5F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E4DB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#E4DB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DB5B

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DB5B	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)

#ECD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4db5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.148 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe58e',
    500: '#e4db5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4db5b;
$custom-light: #efe58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4db5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8747,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DB5B

secondary

#3940AB

accent

#1ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DB5B

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

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