#E4DC5E#E4DC5E

#E4DC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.147 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC5E
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -12.75, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 62.67, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0395 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.147 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6105, 68.4905, 20.6674)
Luminance	0.6849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC5E #5E66E4

analogous

#E4995E #E4DC5E #A9E45E

triadic

#E4DC5E #5EE4DC #DC5EE4

tetradic

#E4DC5E #5EE499 #5E66E4 #E45EA9

square

#E4DC5E #5EE499 #5E66E4 #E45EA9

split-complementary

#E4DC5E #5EA9E4 #995EE4

monochromatic

#ABA21D #DBD12A #E4DC5E #EDE792 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#E4DC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC5E

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC5E	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.147 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe690',
    500: '#e4dc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc5e;
$custom-light: #efe690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87708,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC5E

secondary

#3A41AD

accent

#1ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC5E

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

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