#E4DD48#E4DD48

#E4DD48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.164 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD48
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -14.56, 70.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 71.80, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0469 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.164 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.0233, 68.6768, 16.2765)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD48 #484FE4

analogous

#E48F48 #E4DD48 #9DE448

triadic

#E4DD48 #48E4DD #DD48E4

tetradic

#E4DD48 #48E48F #484FE4 #E4489D

square

#E4DD48 #48E48F #484FE4 #E4489D

split-complementary

#E4DD48 #489DE4 #8F48E4

monochromatic

#9B9517 #D0C81F #E4DD48 #ECE77D #F4F1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E4DD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E4DD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD48

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD48	1.00	1.43	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.164 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e784',
    500: '#e4dd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd48;
$custom-light: #f0e784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.308,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87727,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD48

secondary

#32379E

accent

#3FF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD48

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

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