#E4DC65#E4DC65

#E4DC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.141 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DC65
RGB	rgb(228, 220, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -12.25, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 59.62, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0373 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.141 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.9389, 68.6219, 22.3974)
Luminance	0.6862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DC65 #656DE4

analogous

#E49C65 #E4DC65 #ADE465

triadic

#E4DC65 #65E4DC #DC65E4

tetradic

#E4DC65 #65E49C #656DE4 #E465AD

square

#E4DC65 #65E49C #656DE4 #E465AD

split-complementary

#E4DC65 #65ADE4 #9C65E4

monochromatic

#B0A71F #DBD031 #E4DC65 #EDE899 #F6F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E4DC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DC65

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DC65	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 220, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.141 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe695',
    500: '#e4dc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dc65;
$custom-light: #efe695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87781,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DC65

secondary

#3C44B1

accent

#1FD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DC65

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

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