#E4DC5C#E4DC5C

#E4DC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.148 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC5C
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -12.89, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 63.52, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0401 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.148 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5219, 68.4551, 20.2009)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC5C #5C64E4

analogous

#E4985C #E4DC5C #A8E45C

triadic

#E4DC5C #5CE4DC #DC5CE4

tetradic

#E4DC5C #5CE498 #5C64E4 #E45CA8

square

#E4DC5C #5CE498 #5C64E4 #E45CA8

split-complementary

#E4DC5C #5CA8E4 #985CE4

monochromatic

#AAA11C #DBD127 #E4DC5C #EDE791 #F5F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E4DC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC5C

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC5C	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)

#EDD54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.148 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe68f',
    500: '#e4dc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc5c;
$custom-light: #efe68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87688,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC5C

secondary

#3940AB

accent

#1DD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC5C

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

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