#E4DC5A#E4DC5A

#E4DC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.150 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC5A
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -13.02, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 64.36, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0407 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.15 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4356, 68.4205, 19.7465)
Luminance	0.6842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC5A #5A62E4

analogous

#E4975A #E4DC5A #A7E45A

triadic

#E4DC5A #5AE4DC #DC5AE4

tetradic

#E4DC5A #5AE497 #5A62E4 #E45AA7

square

#E4DC5A #5AE497 #5A62E4 #E45AA7

split-complementary

#E4DC5A #5AA7E4 #975AE4

monochromatic

#A8A01C #DBD125 #E4DC5A #EDE78F #F5F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#E4DC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC5A

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC5A	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)

#EDD44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.150 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe68e',
    500: '#e4dc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc5a;
$custom-light: #efe68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87669,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC5A

secondary

#383FAA

accent

#1DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC5A

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

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