#E4DE79#E4DE79

#E4DE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.124 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4DE79
RGB	rgb(228, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -11.58, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 51.26, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.44% -0.0333 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(88.44% 0.124 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5688, 70.1187, 28.3764)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4DE79 #797FE4

analogous

#E4A879 #E4DE79 #B4E479

triadic

#E4DE79 #79E4DE #DE79E4

tetradic

#E4DE79 #79E4A8 #797FE4 #E479B4

square

#E4DE79 #79E4A8 #797FE4 #E479B4

split-complementary

#E4DE79 #79B4E4 #A879E4

monochromatic

#BDB426 #DAD146 #E4DE79 #EEEBAC #F9F7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E4DE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E4DE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4DE79

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4DE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4DE79	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4de79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.124 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee8a2',
    500: '#e4de79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4de79;
$custom-light: #eee8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4de79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88438,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4DE79

secondary

#464CBB

accent

#21CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4DE79

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

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