#E4DE5F#E4DE5F

#E4DE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.148 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE5F
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -13.67, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 63.01, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.042 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.148 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1837, 69.5646, 21.0813)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE5F #5F65E4

analogous

#E49B5F #E4DE5F #A7E45F

triadic

#E4DE5F #5FE4DE #DE5FE4

tetradic

#E4DE5F #5FE49B #5F65E4 #E45FA7

square

#E4DE5F #5FE49B #5F65E4 #E45FA7

split-complementary

#E4DE5F #5FA7E4 #9B5FE4

monochromatic

#ACA51D #DBD32B #E4DE5F #EDE993 #F6F4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E4DE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE5F

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE5F	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)

#EFD651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.148 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe891',
    500: '#e4de5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de5f;
$custom-light: #efe891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88134,
    "c": 0.14765,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE5F

secondary

#3A3FAD

accent

#1BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE5F

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

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