#E4DC57#E4DC57

#E4DC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.152 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC57
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -13.21, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 65.60, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0416 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.152 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.3105, 68.3705, 19.0876)
Luminance	0.6837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC57 #575FE4

analogous

#E49657 #E4DC57 #A6E457

triadic

#E4DC57 #57E4DC #DC57E4

tetradic

#E4DC57 #57E496 #575FE4 #E457A6

square

#E4DC57 #57E496 #575FE4 #E457A6

split-complementary

#E4DC57 #57A6E4 #9657E4

monochromatic

#A69E1B #DBD023 #E4DC57 #ECE78C #F5F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#E4DC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC57

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC57	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)

#EED447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.152 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e68c',
    500: '#e4dc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc57;
$custom-light: #f0e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87641,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC57

secondary

#373EA8

accent

#1CD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC57

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

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