#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
RGBrgb(228, 222, 81)
HSLhsl(58, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(58, 64%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.6%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.67, -14.57, 67.20)
CIE-LCHlch(86.67, 68.76, 102.23°)
OKLaboklab(88.01% -0.046 0.1517)
OKLCHoklch(88.01% 0.158 106.9)
XYZxyz(59.6035, 69.3326, 18.0258)
Luminance0.6933 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##E4DE511.001.4114.8714.87
#FFFFFF1.411.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8721.001.001.00
##00000014.8721.001.001.00

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

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#E4DE51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva