#E4DE5A#E4DE5A

#E4DE5A 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 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE5A
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -14.01, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 65.12, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0435 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.152 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9636, 69.4766, 19.9225)
Luminance	0.6947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE5A #5A60E4

analogous

#E4995A #E4DE5A #A5E45A

triadic

#E4DE5A #5AE4DE #DE5AE4

tetradic

#E4DE5A #5AE499 #5A60E4 #E45AA5

square

#E4DE5A #5AE499 #5A60E4 #E45AA5

split-complementary

#E4DE5A #5AA5E4 #995AE4

monochromatic

#A8A21C #DBD325 #E4DE5A #EDE98F #F5F3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#E4DE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE5A

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE5A	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.152 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe88e',
    500: '#e4de5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de5a;
$custom-light: #efe88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88085,
    "c": 0.15169,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE5A

secondary

#383DAA

accent

#1AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE5A

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

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