#E4DE55#E4DE55

#E4DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.156 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE55
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -14.33, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 67.17, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0449 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.156 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7579, 69.3943, 18.8392)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE55 #555BE4

analogous

#E49755 #E4DE55 #A2E455

triadic

#E4DE55 #55E4DE #DE55E4

tetradic

#E4DE55 #55E497 #555BE4 #E455A2

square

#E4DE55 #55E497 #555BE4 #E455A2

split-complementary

#E4DE55 #55A2E4 #9755E4

monochromatic

#A49F1A #D9D223 #E4DE55 #ECE88A #F5F3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E4DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE55

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE55	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.156 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e88b',
    500: '#e4de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de55;
$custom-light: #f0e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8804,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE55

secondary

#363BA7

accent

#19D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE55

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

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