#E4DD5C#E4DD5C

#E4DD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.149 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD5C
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -13.38, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 63.90, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0415 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.149 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7851, 68.9815, 20.2887)
Luminance	0.6898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD5C #5C63E4

analogous

#E4995C #E4DD5C #A7E45C

triadic

#E4DD5C #5CE4DD #DD5CE4

tetradic

#E4DD5C #5CE499 #5C63E4 #E45CA7

square

#E4DD5C #5CE499 #5C63E4 #E45CA7

split-complementary

#E4DD5C #5CA7E4 #995CE4

monochromatic

#AAA21C #DBD227 #E4DD5C #EDE891 #F5F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E4DD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD5C

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD5C	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.149 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe78f',
    500: '#e4dd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd5c;
$custom-light: #efe78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87896,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD5C

secondary

#393FAB

accent

#1CD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD5C

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

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