#E4DD53#E4DD53

#E4DD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.156 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD53
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -13.95, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 67.59, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0441 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.156 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.4148, 68.8334, 18.3384)
Luminance	0.6883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD53 #535AE4

analogous

#E49453 #E4DD53 #A3E453

triadic

#E4DD53 #53E4DD #DD53E4

tetradic

#E4DD53 #53E494 #535AE4 #E453A3

square

#E4DD53 #53E494 #535AE4 #E453A3

split-complementary

#E4DD53 #53A3E4 #9453E4

monochromatic

#A39C1A #D8CF22 #E4DD53 #ECE788 #F5F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E4DD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD53

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD53	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.156 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e78a',
    500: '#e4dd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd53;
$custom-light: #f0e78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87814,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD53

secondary

#363BA5

accent

#1AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD53

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

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