#E4DC5D#E4DC5D

#E4DC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.147 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC5D
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -12.82, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 63.09, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0398 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.147 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.5659, 68.4727, 20.4327)
Luminance	0.6847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC5D #5D65E4

analogous

#E4985D #E4DC5D #A9E45D

triadic

#E4DC5D #5DE4DC #DC5DE4

tetradic

#E4DC5D #5DE498 #5D65E4 #E45DA9

square

#E4DC5D #5DE498 #5D65E4 #E45DA9

split-complementary

#E4DC5D #5DA9E4 #985DE4

monochromatic

#AAA21C #DBD129 #E4DC5D #EDE791 #F5F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E4DC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC5D

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC5D	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)

#EDD54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.147 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe690',
    500: '#e4dc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc5d;
$custom-light: #efe690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87698,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC5D

secondary

#3940AC

accent

#1DD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC5D

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

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