#E4DD5B#E4DD5B

#E4DD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.150 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD5B
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -13.45, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 64.32, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0418 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.15 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7417, 68.9642, 20.0600)
Luminance	0.6896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD5B #5B62E4

analogous

#E4985B #E4DD5B #A7E45B

triadic

#E4DD5B #5BE4DD #DD5BE4

tetradic

#E4DD5B #5BE498 #5B62E4 #E45BA7

square

#E4DD5B #5BE498 #5B62E4 #E45BA7

split-complementary

#E4DD5B #5BA7E4 #985BE4

monochromatic

#A9A21C #DBD226 #E4DD5B #EDE890 #F5F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E4DD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD5B

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD5B	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)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.150 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe78e',
    500: '#e4dd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd5b;
$custom-light: #efe78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87886,
    "c": 0.14993,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD5B

secondary

#393EAB

accent

#1CD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD5B

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

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