#E4DE51#E4DE51

#E4DE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.158 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE51
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -14.57, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 68.76, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.046 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.158 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.6035, 69.3326, 18.0258)
Luminance	0.6933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE51 #5157E4

analogous

#E49451 #E4DE51 #A0E451

triadic

#E4DE51 #51E4DE #DE51E4

tetradic

#E4DE51 #51E494 #5157E4 #E451A0

square

#E4DE51 #51E494 #5157E4 #E451A0

split-complementary

#E4DE51 #51A0E4 #9451E4

monochromatic

#A29C19 #D7CF21 #E4DE51 #ECE886 #F4F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E4DE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE51

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE51	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.158 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e889',
    500: '#e4de51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de51;
$custom-light: #f0e889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88006,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE51

secondary

#353AA4

accent

#18D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE51

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

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