#E4DE57#E4DE57

#E4DE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.154 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE57
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -14.20, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 66.36, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0444 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.154 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8385, 69.4266, 19.2636)
Luminance	0.6943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE57 #575DE4

analogous

#E49857 #E4DE57 #A4E457

triadic

#E4DE57 #57E4DE #DE57E4

tetradic

#E4DE57 #57E498 #575DE4 #E457A4

square

#E4DE57 #57E498 #575DE4 #E457A4

split-complementary

#E4DE57 #57A4E4 #9857E4

monochromatic

#A6A01B #DBD323 #E4DE57 #ECE88C #F5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E4DE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE57

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE57	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.154 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e88c',
    500: '#e4de57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de57;
$custom-light: #f0e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88058,
    "c": 0.15403,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE57

secondary

#373CA8

accent

#19D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE57

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

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