#E4DD5D#E4DD5D

#E4DD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.148 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD5D
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 59.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -13.32, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 63.48, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0412 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.148 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8291, 68.9991, 20.5204)
Luminance	0.6900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD5D #5D64E4

analogous

#E4995D #E4DD5D #A7E45D

triadic

#E4DD5D #5DE4DD #DD5DE4

tetradic

#E4DD5D #5DE499 #5D64E4 #E45DA7

square

#E4DD5D #5DE499 #5D64E4 #E45DA7

split-complementary

#E4DD5D #5DA7E4 #995DE4

monochromatic

#AAA31C #DBD229 #E4DD5D #EDE891 #F5F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E4DD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD5D

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD5D	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)

#EED54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.148 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe790',
    500: '#e4dd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd5d;
$custom-light: #efe790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87906,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD5D

secondary

#393FAC

accent

#1CD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD5D

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

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