#E4DE72#E4DE72

#E4DE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.131 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE72
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.97, -12.20, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.97, 54.53, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0358 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.131 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.1550, 69.9532, 26.1972)
Luminance	0.6995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE72 #7278E4

analogous

#E4A572 #E4DE72 #B1E472

triadic

#E4DE72 #72E4DE #DE72E4

tetradic

#E4DE72 #72E4A5 #7278E4 #E472B1

square

#E4DE72 #72E4A5 #7278E4 #E472B1

split-complementary

#E4DE72 #72B1E4 #A572E4

monochromatic

#B8B023 #DAD23F #E4DE72 #EEEAA5 #F8F6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E4DE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#E4DE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE72

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE72	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.131 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe89d',
    500: '#e4de72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de72;
$custom-light: #efe89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88347,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE72

secondary

#4248B9

accent

#20D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE72

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

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