#E4DD55#E4DD55

#E4DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.155 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD55
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -13.83, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 66.79, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0435 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.155 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.4931, 68.8647, 18.7509)
Luminance	0.6886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD55 #555CE4

analogous

#E49655 #E4DD55 #A4E455

triadic

#E4DD55 #55E4DD #DD55E4

tetradic

#E4DD55 #55E496 #555CE4 #E455A4

square

#E4DD55 #55E496 #555CE4 #E455A4

split-complementary

#E4DD55 #55A4E4 #9655E4

monochromatic

#A49E1A #D9D023 #E4DD55 #ECE88A #F5F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E4DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD55

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD55	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)

#EFD544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.155 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e78b',
    500: '#e4dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd55;
$custom-light: #f0e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87831,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD55

secondary

#363CA7

accent

#1AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD55

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

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