#E4DE5B#E4DE5B

#E4DE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.151 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE5B
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.75, -13.95, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.75, 64.70, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.1% -0.0432 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(88.1% 0.151 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0065, 69.4938, 20.1482)
Luminance	0.6949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE5B #5B61E4

analogous

#E4995B #E4DE5B #A6E45B

triadic

#E4DE5B #5BE4DE #DE5BE4

tetradic

#E4DE5B #5BE499 #5B61E4 #E45BA6

square

#E4DE5B #5BE499 #5B61E4 #E45BA6

split-complementary

#E4DE5B #5BA6E4 #995BE4

monochromatic

#A9A31C #DBD326 #E4DE5B #EDE990 #F5F3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#E4DE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE5B

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE5B	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)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.151 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe88f',
    500: '#e4de5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de5b;
$custom-light: #efe88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88095,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE5B

secondary

#393EAB

accent

#1AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE5B

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

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