#E4DC5B#E4DC5B

#E4DC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.149 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC5B
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -12.95, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 63.94, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0404 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.149 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4784, 68.4377, 19.9722)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC5B #5B63E4

analogous

#E4975B #E4DC5B #A8E45B

triadic

#E4DC5B #5BE4DC #DC5BE4

tetradic

#E4DC5B #5BE497 #5B63E4 #E45BA8

square

#E4DC5B #5BE497 #5B63E4 #E45BA8

split-complementary

#E4DC5B #5BA8E4 #975BE4

monochromatic

#A9A11C #DBD126 #E4DC5B #EDE790 #F5F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E4DC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC5B

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC5B	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.149 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe68e',
    500: '#e4dc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc5b;
$custom-light: #efe68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87678,
    "c": 0.14895,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC5B

secondary

#393FAB

accent

#1DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC5B

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

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