#E4DD3E#E4DD3E

#E4DD3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.170 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD3E
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 72.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -15.03, 73.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 75.28, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0492 0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.17 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.7232, 68.5568, 14.6960)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD3E #3E45E4

analogous

#E48A3E #E4DD3E #98E43E

triadic

#E4DD3E #3EE4DD #DD3EE4

tetradic

#E4DD3E #3EE48A #3E45E4 #E43E98

square

#E4DD3E #3EE48A #3E45E4 #E43E98

split-complementary

#E4DD3E #3E98E4 #8A3EE4

monochromatic

#938E15 #C9C11C #E4DD3E #ECE674 #F3F0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E4DD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD3E

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD3E	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)

#F0D51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.170 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e77e',
    500: '#e4dd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd3e;
$custom-light: #f0e77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.47,
    "s": 75.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87661,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD3E

secondary

#2F3397

accent

#3EF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD3E

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

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