#E4DD5F#E4DD5F

#E4DD5F 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 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD5F
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 58.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -13.18, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 62.62, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0406 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.147 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9189, 69.0350, 20.9930)
Luminance	0.6903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD5F #5F66E4

analogous

#E49A5F #E4DD5F #A8E45F

triadic

#E4DD5F #5FE4DD #DD5FE4

tetradic

#E4DD5F #5FE49A #5F66E4 #E45FA8

square

#E4DD5F #5FE49A #5F66E4 #E45FA8

split-complementary

#E4DD5F #5FA8E4 #9A5FE4

monochromatic

#ACA41D #DBD22B #E4DD5F #EDE893 #F6F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E4DD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E4DD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD5F

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD5F	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.147 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe791',
    500: '#e4dd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd5f;
$custom-light: #efe791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87926,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD5F

secondary

#3A40AD

accent

#1CD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD5F

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

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