#E4DC56#E4DC56

#E4DC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.153 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC56
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -13.27, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 66.01, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0418 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.153 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.2699, 68.3543, 18.8739)
Luminance	0.6835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC56 #565EE4

analogous

#E49556 #E4DC56 #A5E456

triadic

#E4DC56 #56E4DC #DC56E4

tetradic

#E4DC56 #56E495 #565EE4 #E456A5

square

#E4DC56 #56E495 #565EE4 #E456A5

split-complementary

#E4DC56 #56A5E4 #9556E4

monochromatic

#A59D1A #DAD023 #E4DC56 #ECE78B #F5F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#E4DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC56

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC56	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.153 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e68b',
    500: '#e4dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc56;
$custom-light: #f0e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87632,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC56

secondary

#373DA7

accent

#1CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC56

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

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