#E4DC5F#E4DC5F

#E4DC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.146 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC5F
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 58.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.26, -12.68, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.26, 62.24, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0392 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.146 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6556, 68.5086, 20.9053)
Luminance	0.6851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC5F #5F67E4

analogous

#E4995F #E4DC5F #A9E45F

triadic

#E4DC5F #5FE4DC #DC5FE4

tetradic

#E4DC5F #5FE499 #5F67E4 #E45FA9

square

#E4DC5F #5FE499 #5F67E4 #E45FA9

split-complementary

#E4DC5F #5FA9E4 #995FE4

monochromatic

#ACA31D #DBD12B #E4DC5F #EDE793 #F6F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#E4DC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC5F

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC5F	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)

#EDD551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.146 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe691',
    500: '#e4dc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc5f;
$custom-light: #efe691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87718,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC5F

secondary

#3A41AD

accent

#1ED312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC5F

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

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