#E4DE50#E4DE50

#E4DE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.159 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE50
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -14.62, 67.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 69.15, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0463 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.159 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5663, 69.3177, 17.8298)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE50 #5056E4

analogous

#E49450 #E4DE50 #A0E450

triadic

#E4DE50 #50E4DE #DE50E4

tetradic

#E4DE50 #50E494 #5056E4 #E450A0

square

#E4DE50 #50E494 #5056E4 #E450A0

split-complementary

#E4DE50 #50A0E4 #9450E4

monochromatic

#A19B19 #D6CE21 #E4DE50 #ECE885 #F4F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E4DE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE50

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE50	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)

#F0D63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.159 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e888',
    500: '#e4de50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de50;
$custom-light: #f0e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87998,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE50

secondary

#3539A4

accent

#18D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE50

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

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