#E4DC52#E4DC52

#E4DC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.156 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC52
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -13.52, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 67.62, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.043 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.156 106)
XYZ	xyz(59.1132, 68.2916, 18.0488)
Luminance	0.6829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC52 #525AE4

analogous

#E49352 #E4DC52 #A3E452

triadic

#E4DC52 #52E4DC #DC52E4

tetradic

#E4DC52 #52E493 #525AE4 #E452A3

square

#E4DC52 #52E493 #525AE4 #E452A3

split-complementary

#E4DC52 #52A3E4 #9352E4

monochromatic

#A29B19 #D7CD22 #E4DC52 #ECE787 #F5F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#E4DC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC52

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC52	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.156 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e689',
    500: '#e4dc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc52;
$custom-light: #f0e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87597,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.6829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC52

secondary

#353BA5

accent

#1BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC52

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

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