#E4C666#E4C666

#E4C666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4C666
RGB	rgb(228, 198, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 55.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -0.99, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 51.36, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0048 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.5895, 57.8441, 20.8574)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4C666 #6684E4

analogous

#E48766 #E4C666 #C3E466

triadic

#E4C666 #66E4C6 #C666E4

tetradic

#E4C666 #66E487 #6684E4 #E466C3

square

#E4C666 #66E487 #6684E4 #E466C3

split-complementary

#E4C666 #66C3E4 #8766E4

monochromatic

#B08E1F #DBB332 #E4C666 #EDD99A #F6EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E4C666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E4C666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4C666

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4C666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4C666	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4c666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 198, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd794',
    500: '#e4c666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4c666;
$custom-light: #efd794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4c666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83295,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4C666

secondary

#3D59B1

accent

#41D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4C666

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

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