#E4DD5A#E4DD5A

#E4DD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.151 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD5A
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -13.52, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 64.74, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0421 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.151 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.6988, 68.9470, 19.8343)
Luminance	0.6895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD5A #5A61E4

analogous

#E4985A #E4DD5A #A6E45A

triadic

#E4DD5A #5AE4DD #DD5AE4

tetradic

#E4DD5A #5AE498 #5A61E4 #E45AA6

square

#E4DD5A #5AE498 #5A61E4 #E45AA6

split-complementary

#E4DD5A #5AA6E4 #985AE4

monochromatic

#A8A11C #DBD225 #E4DD5A #EDE88F #F5F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E4DD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD5A

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD5A	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)

#EED54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.151 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe78e',
    500: '#e4dd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd5a;
$custom-light: #efe78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87877,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD5A

secondary

#383EAA

accent

#1BD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD5A

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

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