#E4DD73#E4DD73

#E4DD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.129 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DD73
RGB	rgb(228, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 49.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -11.62, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 53.65, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.034 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.129 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.9474, 69.4465, 26.4103)
Luminance	0.6945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DD73 #737AE4

analogous

#E4A473 #E4DD73 #B3E473

triadic

#E4DD73 #73E4DD #DD73E4

tetradic

#E4DD73 #73E4A4 #737AE4 #E473B3

square

#E4DD73 #73E4A4 #737AE4 #E473B3

split-complementary

#E4DD73 #73B3E4 #A473E4

monochromatic

#B9B024 #DAD140 #E4DD73 #EEE9A6 #F8F6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E4DD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DD73

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DD73	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4dd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.129 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe79e',
    500: '#e4dd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4dd73;
$custom-light: #efe79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4dd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88153,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DD73

secondary

#4249B9

accent

#21D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DD73

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

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