#E4DC60#E4DC60

#E4DC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC60
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -12.61, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 61.81, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0389 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.7014, 68.5269, 21.1462)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC60 #6068E4

analogous

#E49A60 #E4DC60 #AAE460

triadic

#E4DC60 #60E4DC #DC60E4

tetradic

#E4DC60 #60E49A #6068E4 #E460AA

square

#E4DC60 #60E49A #6068E4 #E460AA

split-complementary

#E4DC60 #60AAE4 #9A60E4

monochromatic

#ACA41D #DBD02C #E4DC60 #EDE894 #F6F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E4DC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC60

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC60	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe691',
    500: '#e4dc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc60;
$custom-light: #efe691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87728,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC60

secondary

#3A41AE

accent

#1ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC60

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

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