#E4DD51#E4DD51

#E4DD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.158 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD51
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -14.07, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 68.39, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0446 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.158 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.3387, 68.8030, 17.9376)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD51 #5158E4

analogous

#E49351 #E4DD51 #A1E451

triadic

#E4DD51 #51E4DD #DD51E4

tetradic

#E4DD51 #51E493 #5158E4 #E451A1

square

#E4DD51 #51E493 #5158E4 #E451A1

split-complementary

#E4DD51 #51A1E4 #9351E4

monochromatic

#A29B19 #D7CE21 #E4DD51 #ECE786 #F4F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E4DD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD51

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD51	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.158 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e789',
    500: '#e4dd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd51;
$custom-light: #f0e789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87797,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD51

secondary

#353AA4

accent

#1AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD51

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

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