#E4DE52#E4DE52

#E4DE52 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	#E4DE52
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -14.51, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 68.36, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0458 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.158 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.6413, 69.3477, 18.2248)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE52 #5258E4

analogous

#E49552 #E4DE52 #A1E452

triadic

#E4DE52 #52E4DE #DE52E4

tetradic

#E4DE52 #52E495 #5258E4 #E452A1

square

#E4DE52 #52E495 #5258E4 #E452A1

split-complementary

#E4DE52 #52A1E4 #9552E4

monochromatic

#A29D19 #D7D022 #E4DE52 #ECE887 #F5F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E4DE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE52

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE52	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)

#F0D640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.158 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e889',
    500: '#e4de52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de52;
$custom-light: #f0e889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88014,
    "c": 0.15775,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE52

secondary

#353AA5

accent

#18D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE52

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

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