#E4DD5E#E4DD5E

#E4DD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.147 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD5E
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -13.25, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 63.05, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0409 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.147 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8737, 69.0170, 20.7552)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD5E #5E65E4

analogous

#E49A5E #E4DD5E #A8E45E

triadic

#E4DD5E #5EE4DD #DD5EE4

tetradic

#E4DD5E #5EE49A #5E65E4 #E45EA8

square

#E4DD5E #5EE49A #5E65E4 #E45EA8

split-complementary

#E4DD5E #5EA8E4 #9A5EE4

monochromatic

#ABA41D #DBD22A #E4DD5E #EDE892 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E4DD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD5E

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD5E	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)

#EED550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.147 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe790',
    500: '#e4dd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd5e;
$custom-light: #efe790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87916,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD5E

secondary

#3A40AD

accent

#1CD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD5E

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

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