#E4DE61#E4DE61

#E4DE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.146 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE61
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -13.53, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 62.15, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0414 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2757, 69.6015, 21.5663)
Luminance	0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE61 #6167E4

analogous

#E49C61 #E4DE61 #A8E461

triadic

#E4DE61 #61E4DE #DE61E4

tetradic

#E4DE61 #61E49C #6167E4 #E461A8

square

#E4DE61 #61E49C #6167E4 #E461A8

split-complementary

#E4DE61 #61A8E4 #9C61E4

monochromatic

#ADA61E #DBD32D #E4DE61 #EDE995 #F6F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E4DE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE61

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE61	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)

#EFD654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe892',
    500: '#e4de61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de61;
$custom-light: #efe892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88154,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE61

secondary

#3B40AE

accent

#1BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE61

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

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