#E4DC4E#E4DC4E

#E4DC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.159 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC4E
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -13.75, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 69.19, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.044 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.159 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9654, 68.2325, 17.2704)
Luminance	0.6823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC4E #4E56E4

analogous

#E4914E #E4DC4E #A1E44E

triadic

#E4DC4E #4EE4DC #DC4EE4

tetradic

#E4DC4E #4EE491 #4E56E4 #E44EA1

square

#E4DC4E #4EE491 #4E56E4 #E44EA1

split-complementary

#E4DC4E #4EA1E4 #914EE4

monochromatic

#9F9818 #D4CB20 #E4DC4E #ECE683 #F4F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#E4DC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC4E

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC4E	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.159 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e687',
    500: '#e4dc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc4e;
$custom-light: #f0e687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87564,
    "c": 0.15871,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC4E

secondary

#343AA2

accent

#41F038

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC4E

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

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