#E4DE60#E4DE60

#E4DE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.147 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE60
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -13.60, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 62.58, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0417 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.147 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2294, 69.5829, 21.3222)
Luminance	0.6958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE60 #6066E4

analogous

#E49C60 #E4DE60 #A8E460

triadic

#E4DE60 #60E4DE #DE60E4

tetradic

#E4DE60 #60E49C #6066E4 #E460A8

square

#E4DE60 #60E49C #6066E4 #E460A8

split-complementary

#E4DE60 #60A8E4 #9C60E4

monochromatic

#ACA61D #DBD32C #E4DE60 #EDE994 #F6F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E4DE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE60

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE60	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.147 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe892',
    500: '#e4de60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de60;
$custom-light: #efe892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88144,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE60

secondary

#3A40AE

accent

#1BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE60

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

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