#E4DE4F#E4DE4F

#E4DE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.160 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE4F
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 65.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -14.68, 67.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 69.53, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0466 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.16 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5296, 69.3030, 17.6367)
Luminance	0.6930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE4F #4F55E4

analogous

#E4944F #E4DE4F #9FE44F

triadic

#E4DE4F #4FE4DE #DE4FE4

tetradic

#E4DE4F #4FE494 #4F55E4 #E44F9F

square

#E4DE4F #4FE494 #4F55E4 #E44F9F

split-complementary

#E4DE4F #4F9FE4 #944FE4

monochromatic

#A09B19 #D5CE21 #E4DE4F #ECE884 #F4F2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E4DE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE4F

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE4F	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.160 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e888',
    500: '#e4de4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de4f;
$custom-light: #f0e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.584,
    "s": 73.399,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8799,
    "c": 0.1599,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE4F

secondary

#3439A3

accent

#18D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE4F

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

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