#E4DE65#E4DE65

#E4DE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.143 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE65
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -13.24, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 60.41, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0401 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.143 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4670, 69.6780, 22.5734)
Luminance	0.6968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE65 #656BE4

analogous

#E49E65 #E4DE65 #ABE465

triadic

#E4DE65 #65E4DE #DE65E4

tetradic

#E4DE65 #65E49E #656BE4 #E465AB

square

#E4DE65 #65E49E #656BE4 #E465AB

split-complementary

#E4DE65 #65ABE4 #9E65E4

monochromatic

#B0A91F #DBD331 #E4DE65 #EDE999 #F6F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E4DE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#E4DE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE65

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE65	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.143 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe895',
    500: '#e4de65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de65;
$custom-light: #efe895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88196,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE65

secondary

#3C42B1

accent

#1CD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE65

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

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