#E4DE5E#E4DE5E

#E4DE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.148 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE5E
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -13.74, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 63.44, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0423 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.148 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.1385, 69.5466, 20.8435)
Luminance	0.6955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE5E #5E64E4

analogous

#E49B5E #E4DE5E #A7E45E

triadic

#E4DE5E #5EE4DE #DE5EE4

tetradic

#E4DE5E #5EE49B #5E64E4 #E45EA7

square

#E4DE5E #5EE49B #5E64E4 #E45EA7

split-complementary

#E4DE5E #5EA7E4 #9B5EE4

monochromatic

#ABA51D #DBD32A #E4DE5E #EDE992 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E4DE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE5E

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE5E	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.148 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe890',
    500: '#e4de5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de5e;
$custom-light: #efe890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88124,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE5E

secondary

#3A3FAD

accent

#1BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE5E

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

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