#E4DC59#E4DC59

#E4DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.151 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC59
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -13.08, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 64.78, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.041 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.151 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3933, 68.4036, 19.5239)
Luminance	0.6840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC59 #5961E4

analogous

#E49759 #E4DC59 #A6E459

triadic

#E4DC59 #59E4DC #DC59E4

tetradic

#E4DC59 #59E497 #5961E4 #E459A6

square

#E4DC59 #59E497 #5961E4 #E459A6

split-complementary

#E4DC59 #59A6E4 #9759E4

monochromatic

#A79F1B #DBD124 #E4DC59 #EDE78E #F5F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#E4DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC59

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC59	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.151 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e68d',
    500: '#e4dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc59;
$custom-light: #f0e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87659,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC59

secondary

#383EA9

accent

#1DD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC59

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

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