#E4DD56#E4DD56

#E4DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.154 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD56
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -13.77, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 66.39, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0433 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.154 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5331, 68.8807, 18.9616)
Luminance	0.6888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD56 #565DE4

analogous

#E49656 #E4DD56 #A4E456

triadic

#E4DD56 #56E4DD #DD56E4

tetradic

#E4DD56 #56E496 #565DE4 #E456A4

square

#E4DD56 #56E496 #565DE4 #E456A4

split-complementary

#E4DD56 #56A4E4 #9656E4

monochromatic

#A59E1A #DAD123 #E4DD56 #ECE88B #F5F2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#E4DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD56

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD56	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.154 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e78b',
    500: '#e4dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd56;
$custom-light: #f0e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8784,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD56

secondary

#373CA7

accent

#1BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD56

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

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