#E4DD59#E4DD59

#E4DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.152 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD59
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -13.58, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 65.15, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0424 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.152 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6566, 68.9301, 19.6116)
Luminance	0.6893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD59 #5960E4

analogous

#E49759 #E4DD59 #A6E459

triadic

#E4DD59 #59E4DD #DD59E4

tetradic

#E4DD59 #59E497 #5960E4 #E459A6

square

#E4DD59 #59E497 #5960E4 #E459A6

split-complementary

#E4DD59 #59A6E4 #9759E4

monochromatic

#A7A01B #DBD224 #E4DD59 #EDE88E #F5F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E4DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD59

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD59	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.152 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e78d',
    500: '#e4dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd59;
$custom-light: #f0e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87867,
    "c": 0.15151,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD59

secondary

#383EA9

accent

#1BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD59

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

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