#E4DD4F#E4DD4F

#E4DD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.159 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD4F
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -14.18, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 69.17, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0452 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.159 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.2648, 68.7734, 17.5484)
Luminance	0.6877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD4F #4F56E4

analogous

#E4924F #E4DD4F #A1E44F

triadic

#E4DD4F #4FE4DD #DD4FE4

tetradic

#E4DD4F #4FE492 #4F56E4 #E44FA1

square

#E4DD4F #4FE492 #4F56E4 #E44FA1

split-complementary

#E4DD4F #4FA1E4 #924FE4

monochromatic

#A09A19 #D5CD21 #E4DD4F #ECE784 #F4F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E4DD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD4F

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD4F	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.159 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e787',
    500: '#e4dd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd4f;
$custom-light: #f0e787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87781,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD4F

secondary

#343AA3

accent

#19D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD4F

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

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