#E4DC61#E4DC61

#E4DC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.144 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC61
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -12.54, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 61.37, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0386 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.144 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7477, 68.5454, 21.3902)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC61 #6169E4

analogous

#E49A61 #E4DC61 #AAE461

triadic

#E4DC61 #61E4DC #DC61E4

tetradic

#E4DC61 #61E49A #6169E4 #E461AA

square

#E4DC61 #61E49A #6169E4 #E461AA

split-complementary

#E4DC61 #61AAE4 #9A61E4

monochromatic

#ADA41E #DBD02D #E4DC61 #EDE895 #F6F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E4DC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC61

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC61	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)

#EDD554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.144 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe692',
    500: '#e4dc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc61;
$custom-light: #efe692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87738,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC61

secondary

#3B42AE

accent

#1ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC61

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

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