#E4DE59#E4DE59

#E4DE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.152 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE59
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -14.08, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 65.53, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0438 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.152 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9214, 69.4597, 19.6999)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE59 #595FE4

analogous

#E49959 #E4DE59 #A5E459

triadic

#E4DE59 #59E4DE #DE59E4

tetradic

#E4DE59 #59E499 #595FE4 #E459A5

square

#E4DE59 #59E499 #595FE4 #E459A5

split-complementary

#E4DE59 #59A5E4 #9959E4

monochromatic

#A7A11B #DBD424 #E4DE59 #EDE88E #F5F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E4DE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE59

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE59	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)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.152 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e88d',
    500: '#e4de59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de59;
$custom-light: #f0e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88076,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE59

secondary

#383DA9

accent

#1AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE59

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

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